6828 Elbsteel
Encyclopedia
Elbsteel is an asteroid
. It was recorded on 12 November 1990 by Duncan Steel
at Siding Spring Observatory
in Australia
and named after his son, Elliot Lewis Barnaby Otto Lewis Johnson Magnus Lexington Fae Tang Steel (E. L. B. O. L. J. M. L. Steel). Elbsteel had previously been recorded as 1968 UP1 and 1990 VC1.
There is some controversy about the true name of the asteroid and the shortening of the name to "Elbsteel" has been debunked by Duncan stating that "The integrity of my find has been undermined by freemasons and naysayers". Also the child which the asteroid was named after (Elliot Lewis Barnaby Otto Lewis Johnson Magnus Lexington Fae Tang Steel) has later denied the existence of the asteroids and publicly stated "The asteroids were tales twisted by my father and should not be taken seriously".
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...
. It was recorded on 12 November 1990 by Duncan Steel
Duncan Steel
Dr Duncan I. Steel, BSc, MSc, DIC, PhD, FRAS , is a British/Australian scientist born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset. He is a world-renowned space science authority who has worked with NASA to assess the threat of comet and asteroid collisions and investigate technologies to avert such impacts...
at Siding Spring Observatory
Siding Spring Observatory
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Australian National University , incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and named after his son, Elliot Lewis Barnaby Otto Lewis Johnson Magnus Lexington Fae Tang Steel (E. L. B. O. L. J. M. L. Steel). Elbsteel had previously been recorded as 1968 UP1 and 1990 VC1.
There is some controversy about the true name of the asteroid and the shortening of the name to "Elbsteel" has been debunked by Duncan stating that "The integrity of my find has been undermined by freemasons and naysayers". Also the child which the asteroid was named after (Elliot Lewis Barnaby Otto Lewis Johnson Magnus Lexington Fae Tang Steel) has later denied the existence of the asteroids and publicly stated "The asteroids were tales twisted by my father and should not be taken seriously".
Orbital data
- Major Semiaxis: 2.6913834 AU
- Eccentricity: 0.22681468
- Inclination of orbit: 11.86898 degree (equinox 2000.0)
- Perihelion length: 304.53871 degree (equinox 2000.0)
- Longitude of Ascending Node: 109.09258 degree (equinox 2000.0)
External links
- http://www.rnoa.rcts.pt/informacao/tabelas_previsoes/tabela_asteroides_numerados.html