(11970) Palitzsch
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Asteroid (11970) Palitzsch |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0381 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0400 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9165 AU - 3.1597 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.1753 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 179.0641 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.09 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Piero Sicoli Pierangelo Ghezzi |
| Date of discovery | 4th October 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 TD |
| 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. | |
(11970) Palitzsch is an asteroid of the main belt , the October 4, 1994 by the Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli and Pierangelo Ghezzi at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) near Sormano in the province of Como was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 28, 2002 after the German scientist Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788), who discovered the return of Halley's comet in 1758 and the atmosphere of Venus in 1761 .
See also
Web links
- (11970) Palitzsch at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- Asteroid Palitzsch: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11970) Palitzsch in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Asteroid Palitzsch on the Asteroids - Dynamic Site (11970) Palitzsch in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minor Planet Circular 45234 (PDF document, 4.3 MB, p. 216 of 294, accessed on November 15, 2013)
- ↑ Total of 20 individual images of 15 sec each. Exposure, apparent brightness 18.4 mag, see also: Oberfrauendorf Observatory