(14526) Xenocrates
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Asteroid (14526) Xenocrates |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4103 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2225 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8739 AU - 2.9466 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.8746 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 70.3444 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 247.3337 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.74 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.18 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | P. Comba |
| Date of discovery | May 6, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 JT 3 , 1990 RG 8 |
| 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. | |
(14526) Xenocrates is in the main belt situated asteroid that on May 6, 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( observatory code in 809) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was after on 26 July 2000 Greek philosophers of antiquity Xenokrates named (396-314 v. Chr.), Who as a student of Plato of the Platonic Academy belonged and directed it from 339/338.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Xenocrates: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (14526) Xenocrates in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (14526) Xenocrates in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).