(8052) Novalis

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( 8052 ) Novalis is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery came as part of the Palomar - Leiden Survey, which recorded by Tom Gehrels with the 120 - inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory field plates at Leiden University were screened.

The asteroid is part of the Eos family, a group of asteroids, which typically have semi-major axes from 2.95 to 3.1 AE, bounded on the inside of the Kirkwood gap in the 7:3 resonance with Jupiter, and orbital inclinations between 8 ° and 12 degrees. The group is named after the asteroid (221 ​​) Eos. It is believed that the family was created over one billion years ago by a collision. The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 8052 ) Novalis are almost identical with those of three smaller, if we start from the absolute brightness of 15.2, 15.1 and 15.8 compared with 12.8, asteroids: ( 90362 ) 2003 HZ51, ( 167957 ) 2005 EC245 and ( 302252 ) 2001 XK70.

( 8052 ) Novalis was named after the German writer of early Romanticism, Novalis on April 2, 1999.

Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation Palomar–Leiden survey (221) Eos Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge (Massachusetts)
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