(20136) Eisenhart
Asteroid (20136) Eisenhart |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Hungaria group |
Major semi-axis | 1.9303 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0645 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8058 AU - 2.0549 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 24.2605 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 103.8076 ° |
Sidereal period | 2.68 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 21.43 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 6.508 h |
Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
Date of discovery | July 8, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 NA |
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. |
(20136) Eisenhart is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 July 1996 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American mathematician Luther P. Eisenhart (1876-1965), who made important contributions to differential geometry and, from 1925, to Riemannian geometry .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Eisenhart: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (20136) Eisenhart in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (20136) Eisenhart in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).