(5450) Socrates

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Asteroid
(5450) Socrates
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8120  AU
eccentricity 0.1235
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4649 AU - 3.1592 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.2323 °
Length of the ascending node 145.2194 °
Argument of the periapsis 318.7217 °
Sidereal period 4.72 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.76 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 21 km
Rotation period 5.9822 h
Absolute brightness 12.3 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2780 PL , 1950 PH, 1953 FJ 1 , 1962 BC, 1967 EP, 1974 SG 3 , 1977 JW, 1978 PX, 1988 RW 11
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(5450) Socrates is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

The asteroid was named after the Greek philosopher Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), whose doctrine, which was fundamental to Western thought, laid the basis for almost all important philosophical schools of antiquity .

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