(31189) Tricomi
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Asteroid (31189) Tricomi |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5332 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1932 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0438 AU - 3.0226 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.4920 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 280.8681 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 149.7861 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.03 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.71 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | December 27, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 YZ 7 |
| 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. | |
(31189) Tricomi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 December 1997 by the Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code 684) in Prescott , Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Italian mathematician Francesco Tricomi (1897–1978), who dealt with analysis , especially differential equations . The asteroid was named on March 28, 2002.
See also
Web links
- (31189) Tricomi in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (31189) Tricomi in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Asteroid Tricomi: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)