(21331) Lodovicoferrari
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Asteroid (21331) Lodovicoferrari |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5707 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2265 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9884 AU - 3.1529 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.2791 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 324.5134 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.12 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.57 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | January 17, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 BO |
| 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. | |
(21331) Lodovicoferrari is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 January 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Italian mathematician and student of Gerolamo Cardano Lodovico Ferrari (1522–1565), who found the solution to fourth-degree equations and from 1564 taught as a professor of mathematics in Bologna .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lodovicoferrari: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (21331) Lodovicoferrari in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (21331) Lodovicoferrari in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).