3225 Hoag
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3225 Hoag is an inner main belt asteroid
of 1.780 AU
. It is a member of the Hungaria family
.
It has an eccentricity
of 0.0530553 and an orbital period
of ~941 days (2.58 years).
Hoag has an average orbital speed
of 21.72394894 km/s and an inclination
of 25.0581°.
The asteroid was discovered at the Palomar Observatory
on August 20, 1982 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker.
It is named after the American astronomer Arthur Allen Hoag
. Its Provisional designation was 1982 QQ.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
of 1.780 AU
Astronomical unit
An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....
. It is a member of the Hungaria family
Hungaria family
The Hungaria asteroids are a group of asteroids in the asteroid belt that orbit the Sun between 1.78 and 2.00 AU. The asteroids typically have a low eccentricity and an inclination of 16 to 34 degrees....
.
It has an eccentricity
Orbital eccentricity
The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical body is the amount by which its orbit deviates from a perfect circle, where 0 is perfectly circular, and 1.0 is a parabola, and no longer a closed orbit...
of 0.0530553 and an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of ~941 days (2.58 years).
Hoag has an average orbital speed
Orbital speed
The orbital speed of a body, generally a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body...
of 21.72394894 km/s and an inclination
Inclination
Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction.-Orbits:The inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit...
of 25.0581°.
The asteroid was discovered at the Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
on August 20, 1982 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker.
It is named after the American astronomer Arthur Allen Hoag
Arthur Allen Hoag
Arthur Allen Hoag was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's object in 1950. He was the son of Harvard Medical School, Cornell, and University of Michigan faculty member Lynne Arthur Hoag and wife Wylma Wood Hoag. He had two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, and a son named Tom...
. Its Provisional designation was 1982 QQ.