(16561) Rawls
Asteroid (16561) Rawls |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.9320 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0517 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7803 AU - 3.0836 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.2122 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 212.5886 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 112.1759 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.02 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.38 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 6.908 ± 0.118 km |
Albedo | 0.123 ± 0.019 |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Spacewatch |
Date of discovery | 3rd November 1991 |
Another name | 1991 VP 7 , 1989 GG 3 |
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. |
(16561) Rawls is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 November 1991 by astronomers of SPACEWatch at Steward Observatory ( IAU code 691) on Kitt Peak in Arizona was discovered.
The celestial body was named on May 23, 2005 after the American philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002), who taught as a professor at Harvard University and whose main work A Theory of Justice , published in 1971, was one of the most influential works in political philosophy of the 20th century Century applies.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rawls: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16561) Rawls in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16561) Rawls in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).