(30443) Stieltjes

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Asteroid
(30443) Stieltjes
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6395  AU
eccentricity 0.0302
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5597 AU - 2.7192 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.8574 °
Length of the ascending node 282.4746 °
Argument of the periapsis 134.1854 °
Sidereal period 4.29 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.33 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Paul G. Comba
Date of discovery July 3, 2000
Another name 2000 NR, 1980 XY 2 , 1984 WU 2
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(30443) Stieltjes is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 July 2000 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Dutch mathematician Thomas Jean Stieltjes (1856-1894), who was mainly active in the fields of analysis , continued fractions and number theory and who formulated the Stieltjes integral named after him .

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