(3534) Sax
Asteroid (3534) Sax |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7520 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1949 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2156 AU - 3.2885 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.6381 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 247.0907 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 201.1002 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.57 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.94 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 9.011 ± 0.226 km |
Albedo | 0.229 ± 0.037 |
Rotation period | 6.221 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
Spectral class | SMASSII: S. |
history | |
Explorer | Eugène Delporte |
Date of discovery | December 15, 1936 |
Another name | 1936 XA , 1951 AT 1 , 1983 AD 1 |
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. |
(3534) Sax is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on December 15, 1936 by the Belgian astronomer Eugène Joseph Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle / Ukkel ( IAU code 012).
The asteroid is named after the Belgian inventor and instrument maker Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (1814–1894), the inventor of the saxophone .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sax: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3534) Sax in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3534) Sax in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).