(20237) Clavius
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Asteroid (20237) Clavius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1496 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0669 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0059 AU - 2.2933 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.6614 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 335.1289 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 1.4195 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | August 26, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.15 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3,639 km (± 0.106) |
| Albedo | 0.193 (± 0.042) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | February 6, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 CC 3 , 1993 TB 12 |
| 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. | |
(20237) Clavius is an asteroid of the main inner belt . It was discovered on February 6, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). The asteroid had previously been sighted on October 14, 1993 under the provisional designation 1993 TB 12 at the Palomar Observatory in California .
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 3.639 km (± 0.106).
(20237) Clavius was named on May 29, 2018 after the mathematician Christophorus Clavius (1538–1612), who became famous above all for the calendar reform of the Gregorian calendar carried out under his professional direction . As early as 1935, a lunar crater on the southern front of the moon was named after Clavius: lunar crater Clavius .
Web links
- (20237) Clavius in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (20237) Clavius in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (20237) Clavius according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Observations by (20237) Clavius on minorplanetcenter.net (English)
- ↑ Moon crater Clavius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)