(547) Praxedis
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Asteroid (547) Praxedis |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.772 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.238 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.113 AU - 3.431 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.9 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 193.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 195.2 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 23, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 225 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.6 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 69.68 km |
| Albedo | 0.0566 |
| Rotation period | 9 h 6 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.52 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul Goetz |
| Date of discovery | October 14, 1904 |
| Another name | 1904 PB |
| 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. | |
(547) Praxedis is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 14, 1904 by the German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after a figure from Joseph Victor von Scheffel's work Ekkehard (see also Praxedis ).