(22474) Frobenius
Asteroid (22474) Frobenius |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5911 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1609 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1742 AU - 3.0081 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5766 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.17 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.51 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
Date of discovery | March 8, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 ED 8 |
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. |
(22474) Frobenius is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the March 8, 1997 Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at the observatory Prescott ( IAU code 684) in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 9, 2001 after the German mathematician Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849–1917).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Frobenius: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22474) Frobenius in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (22474) Frobenius in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).