(40007) Vieux temps
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Asteroid (40007) Vieuxtemps |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6697 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1509 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2669 AU - 3.0725 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.7310 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 57.4368 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 287.8916 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 22, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 4.36 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.023 (± 0.163) km |
| Albedo | 0.093 (± 0.015) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 25, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 HV 102 , 1999 TD 95 |
| 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. | |
(40007) Vieuxtemps is an asteroid of the main middle belt , which was discovered on April 25, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be around 6 km.
(40007) Vieuxtemps was named on October 8, 2014 after the Belgian composer Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881), who was one of the most important violinists of the 19th century.
Web links
- (40007) Vieuxtemps in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (40007) Vieuxtemps in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (40007) Vieuxtemps according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)