(100417) Philipglass

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Asteroid
(100417) Philipglass
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 31, 2020 ( JD 2,459,000.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Astraea family
Major semi-axis 2.5964  AU
eccentricity 0.1430
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2251 AU - 2.9678 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.3548 °
Length of the ascending node 131.1419 °
Argument of the periapsis 319.7512 °
Time of passage of the perihelion December 12, 2020
Sidereal period 4.18 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.39 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.8 mag
history
Explorer Erich Meyer
Date of discovery March 7, 1996
Another name 1996 EC , 2002 NX 31 , 2003 UB 147 , 2003 US 247
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.

(100417) Philipglass is an asteroid located in the central main belt . It was discovered on March 7, 1996 by the Austrian amateur astronomer Erich Meyer at the Davidschlag observatory ( IAU code 540). The observatory is located in the Davidschlag district of the Kirchschlag municipality near Linz , Upper Austria .

The asteroid is part of the Astraea family, a group of asteroids named after (5) Astraea .

(100417) Philipglass was named on December 2, 2009 after the American musician , composer and representative of minimal music Philip Glass (* 1937). His operas Einstein on the Beach from 1976 and Kepler from 2009 received special mention in the dedication .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (100417) Philipglass in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
  2. According to Albert Einstein in 1977, the asteroid was (2001) Einstein , named after Johannes Kepler in 1930 the asteroid (1134) Kepler .