(9130) Galois
Asteroid (9130) Galois |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Hertha family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3658 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2258 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8316 AU - 2.9000 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.6336 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.64 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.36 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | April 25, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 HQ 148 , 1191 T-2, 1995 WY 26 |
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(9130) Galois is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 April 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811-1832), who achieved posthumous fame for his approaches to solving algebraic equations, the Galois theory .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Galois: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Galois in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9130) Galois in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).