(24712) Boltzmann
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Asteroid (24712) Boltzmann |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3450 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2383 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7862 AU - 2.9038 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.9157 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.59 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.45 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Freimut Börngen Lutz D. Schmadel |
| Date of discovery | September 12, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 RP 3 , 1998 OF 15 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(24712) Boltzmann is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 12, 1991 by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named on August 4, 2001 after the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), who is considered to be the perfector of classical physics in the 19th century.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Boltzmann: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24712) Boltzmann in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (24712) Boltzmann in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).