(5981) Kresilas
Asteroid (5981) Kresilas |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7629 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2208 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1528 AU - 3.3729 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.3289 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 354.7821 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 3.3788 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.59 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.91 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2140 PL , 1983 SU, 1992 SX 2 |
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. |
(5981) Kresilas 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 bronze sculptor Kresilas , who lived around 450-420 BC. Was active in Delphi , Hermione and Athens .
See also
Web links
- (5981) Kresilas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- Asteroid Kresilas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Asteroid Kresilas: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA