(58607) Wenceslaus
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Asteroid (58607) Wenceslas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2559 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0893 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0544 AU - 2.4574 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.4772 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 65.6919 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 218.8444 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 20th May 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 3.39 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.83 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý |
| Date of discovery | October 19, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 UL , 2001 YN 59 |
| 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. | |
(58607) Wenceslas is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on October 19, 1997 by the Czech astronomer couple Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid is in a 7: 2 orbit resonance with the planet Jupiter , which means that if the sun orbits Jupiter two times, the asteroid orbits the sun seven times.
(58607) Wenzel was named on April 7, 2005 after the German astronomer Wolfgang Wenzel (* 1927).
See also
Web links
- (58607) Wenzel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (58607) Wenzel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The orbital resonance of (58607) Wenzel in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
- ↑ Entry of the asteroid on the website of the Kleť Observatory (English)