(29700) Salmon
Asteroid (29700) Salmon |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4128 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1339 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0896 AU - 2.7359 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.3023 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 278.5357 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.75 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.17 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
Date of discovery | December 19, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 YU 5 , 1988 CA 4 |
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. |
(29700) Salmon is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 19 December 1998 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Irish mathematician and theologian George Salmon (1819-1904), who studied algebraic curves and surfaces and wrote several books on geometry that have been translated into many European languages.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Salmon: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29700) Salmon in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29700) Salmon in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).