(24998) Hermite
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Asteroid (24998) Hermite |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2685 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1213 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9934 AU - 2.5436 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.9707 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.42 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.77 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | July 28, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 OQ 4 , 1997 CC 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. | |
(24998) Hermite is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 July 1998 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code discovered 684) was.
The asteroid is named after the French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hermite: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24998) Hermite in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (24998) Hermite in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).