(29463) Benjaminpeirce
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Asteroid (29463) Benjaminpeirce |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6634 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0579 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5092 AU - 2.8177 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.6035 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.35 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.25 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | October 2, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 TB, 2000 KR 48 |
| 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. | |
(29463) Benjaminpeirce is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 October 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
Named the asteroid was named after the American astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880), by calculating the perturbations of the planet Uranus an important contribution to the discovery of the neighboring planet Neptune made in the year. 1846
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Benjaminpeirce: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29463) Benjaminpeirce in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29463) Benjaminpeirce in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).