(29837) Savage
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Asteroid (29837) Savage |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0108 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1008 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7075 AU - 3.3142 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.3682 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 14.0539 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.22 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.17 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | March 21, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 FP 5 , 1990 JS |
| 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. | |
(29837) Savage is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 March 1999 by the Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code 684) in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American mathematician and statistician Leonard J. Savage (1917–1971), who dealt with the basics of statistics and statistical probabilities ( Bayesian statistics ) and statistics in game theory as well as applications in economics.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Savage: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29837) Savage in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (29837) Savage in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).