(2766) Leeuwenhoek
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Asteroid (2766) Leeuwenhoek |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Astraea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5470 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1818 ± 0.0005 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.084 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.0101 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.5397 ± 0.0435 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 330.3495 ± 0.43 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 146.8526 ± 0.4445 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 23, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 4.07 a ± 0.0845 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.145 ± 0.037 km |
| Albedo | 0.385 ± 0.033 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Zdeňka Vávrová
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| Date of discovery | March 23, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 FE 1 ; 1941 BK; 1948 XH; 1980 TR 5 |
| 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. | |
(2766) Leeuwenhoek ( 1982 FE 1 ; 1941 BK ; 1948 XH ; 1980 TR 5 ) is an approximately seven kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on March 23, 1982 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová on the Kleť- Observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).
designation
(2766) Leeuwenhoek was named after the Dutch naturalist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), who was the builder and user of light microscopes . The lunar crater Leeuwenhoek is also named after him.
See also
Web links
- (2766) Leeuwenhoek in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2766) Leeuwenhoek in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 11, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 FE 1 . Discovered 1982 Mar. 23 by Z. Vávrová at Kleť. ”
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2765) Dinant | numbering | (2767) Takenouchi |