(6597) Kreil
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Asteroid (6597) Kreil |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5821 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2985 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8113 AU - 3.3530 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.2875 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 52.3433 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 21.8642 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.15 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.53 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | January 9, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 AF 1 , 1962 XK 1 , 1984 BU |
| 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. | |
(6597) Kreil is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 9, 1988 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid was named on March 9, 2001 after the Austrian astronomer and meteorologist Karl Kreil (1798–1862), who was director of the Prague Clementinum observatory from 1845 . In July 1851, Kreil was commissioned to set up the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geomagnetism in Vienna. At the same time he was appointed full professor for physics at the University of Vienna , where he carried out studies on the earth's magnetic field .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kreil: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Kreil in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6597) Kreil in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).