(13130) Dylanthomas
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Asteroid (13130) Dylanthomas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4451 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1691 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0318 AU - 2.8585 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.8314 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 175.5117 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 77.5167 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.82 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | August 12, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 PW 31 , 1990 OW |
| 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. | |
(13130) Dylanthomas is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 August 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named on January 5, 2015 after the Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), whose most famous poem Do not go gentle into that good night is often cited as a leitmotif in the science fiction film Interstellar .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dylanthomas: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13130) Dylanthomas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (13130) Dylanthomas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).