(273273) Piwowarski
Asteroid (273273) Piwowarski |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1743 AU |
eccentricity | 0.3637 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2,020 AU - 4,329 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 30.5774 ° |
Sidereal period | 5 a 241 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 18 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? |
Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Markus Griesser |
Date of discovery | July 24, 2006 |
Another name | 2006 OR 9 , 2000 KJ 79 |
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. |
(273273) Piwowarski is a main belt asteroid measuring about two kilometers . It was discovered on July 24, 2006 by Markus Griesser , director of the Winterthur Eschenberg observatory . In April 2013, the asteroid was named after the computer scientist Marcin Piwowarski (1984-2007) from Winterthur after the numbering by the Minor Planet Center by the discoverer with the official approval of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). As a computer specialist, he had concentrated on programming flight simulators. He was a pacifist, photographer, amateur astronomer and played as a drummer in a rock band. On September 18, 2007, Marcin Piwowarski and a colleague were fatally injured in a traffic accident in Crawford County, Illinois (USA).