(6026) Xenophanes
Asteroid (6026) Xenophanes |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.8386 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0672 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6479 AU - 3.0293 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.2182 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 202.9970 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 1.1200 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.78 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.67 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | January 23, 1993 |
Another name | 1993 BA 8 , 1976 ST 1 , 1984 GC, 1986 TT 12 , 1990 SJ 18 |
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. |
(6026) Xenophanes is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 January 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the ancient Greek philosopher and poet Xenophanes von Kolophon (~ 570 BC – 470 BC), who is counted among the pre-Socratics .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Xenophanes: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Xenophanes in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6026) Xenophanes in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).