(10068) Dodoens
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Asteroid (10068) Dodoens |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3746 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1059 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1231 AU - 2.6261 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7914 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 224.9887 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.66 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.33 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 4th February 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 CT 2 , 1983 RY 5 , 1994 TK 17 , 1997 HG 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. | |
(10068) Dodoens is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 4 February 1989 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 was named on July 28, 1999 after the Flemish botanist and physician Rembert Dodoens (1516–1585), who wrote pioneering work on the division of plants into groups and families in the late 16th century.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dodoens: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10068) Dodoens in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10068) Dodoens in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).