(19175) Peterpiot
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Asteroid (19175) Peterpiot |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5234 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0305 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4464 AU - 2.6004 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1714 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 111.3856 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 260.7425 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 19th February 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 4.01 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 2nd August 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 PP 2 , 1991 PW 31 , 1991 PY 29 , 1998 FX 65 , 1999 ND 37 |
| 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. | |
(19175) Peterpiot is an asteroid of the main middle belt , which was discovered on August 2, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
On October 8, 2014, the asteroid was named after Peter Piot , a Belgian doctor and microbiologist who, among other things, co-discovered the Ebola virus .
See also
Web links
- (19175) Peterpiot in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (19175) Peterpiot in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (19175) Peterpiot according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)