(7083) Kant
Asteroid (7083) Kant |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.8054 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2273 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1677 AU - 3.4432 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.8253 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 241.7720 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.70 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.78 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 12.34 km (± 1.0) |
Albedo | 0.1161 (± 0.022) |
Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | 4th February 1989 |
Another name | 1989 CL 3 , 1973 TT, 1978 WF 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. |
(7083) Kant is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 4 February 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the German philosophers of the Enlightenment , Immanuel Kant named (1724-1804), of the most important representatives of Western philosophy is one and his work Critique of Pure Reason a turning point in the history of philosophy marks and the beginning of modern philosophy.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kant: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Kant in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7083) Kant in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).