(2002) Euler
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Asteroid (2002) Euler |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4177 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0687 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2515 AU - 2.5839 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.5017 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 178.6523 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 53.9564 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.76 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 17.44 ± 1.4 km |
| Albedo | 0.0839 |
| Rotation period | 5.9929 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | T. M. Smirnova |
| Date of discovery | 29th August 1973 |
| Another name | 1973 QQ1 , 1938 DW, 1942 GJ, 1953 EB, 1973 SJ 2 |
| 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. | |
(2002) Euler is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 29, 1973 by the Russian astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .
It was named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Euler: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2002) Euler in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2002) Euler in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).