2362 Mark Twain - Edmond, OK
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N 35° 40.992 W 097° 29.321
14S E 636759 N 3949863
Author Mark Twain has a statue in Edmond, and an asteroid named after him
Waymark Code: WM10G5E
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2019
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Touchmark at Coffee Creek is the location of this statue of Mark Twain. He sits on a bench just outside the entrance to the senior living center. It is on the north side of Covell, between Kelly and Broadway.
From universeguide.com:
Mark Twain is an asteroid, a large rock that orbits the Sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They tend to be an irregular shaped but Ceres asteroid is known to be spherical in shape but because it doesn't clear its path round the Sun, it is only a dwarf planet.
The absolute magnitude of the object is 13.3 which is the brightness of the object. A higher absolute magnitude means that the object is faint whereas a very low number means it is very bright.
The Longitude of Ascending Node of the object is 9.02888 degrees. The Argument of Perihelion is 350.8353. It is the angle along the orbit of a planet or other Solar System object as measured from the ascending node (analogous to right ascension and longitude) Ref:Hawaii.
The mean anomoly is 34.41682, is the angular distance of the planet from the perihelion or aphelion. Ref:Dictionary.The Semi-Major Axis of the orbit is 2.1955269, which is the furthest point from the centre to the edge of an elliptical point.
The orbital inclination, the angle at which Mark Twain orbits in relation to the orbital plane is 3.94937 degrees. The orbital eccentricity is 0.1927186, it is the degree at which Mark Twain orbits close to a circular (0) orbit as opposed to an elliptical (1) orbit.
Mark Twain Facts
Type Asteroid
Absolute Magnitude 13.3
Longitude Of Ascending Node 9.02888
Argument of Perihelion 350.8353
Mean Anomoly 34.41682
Semi-Major Axis 2.1955269
Orbital Inclination 3.94937
Orbital Eccentricity 0.1927186
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