(12661) Schelling
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Asteroid (12661) Schelling |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2890 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1173 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0205 AU - 2.5575 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8743 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 134.5026 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 59.4766 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.46 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.68 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | February 27, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 DA 1 , 1990 EM 6 |
| 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. | |
(12661) Schelling is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 27, 1976 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2000 after the German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854), who, as one of the main exponents of German idealism, influenced a large number of philosophers.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Schelling: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (12661) Schelling in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (12661) Schelling in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).