(10101) Fourier
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Asteroid (10101) Fourier |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2490 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0994 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0253 AU - 2.4726 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.9177 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 213.6089 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 208.5556 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.85 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 6.8491 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | January 30, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 BM 2 , 1977 SD 1 , 1987 SV 18 , 1994 VN 7 |
| 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. | |
(10101) Fourier is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 January 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code of 809) European Southern Observatory was discovered.
The celestial body was named on July 28, 1999 after the French mathematician and physicist Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), who laid a cornerstone of modern physics through his work in the field of mathematical physics, such as Fourier analysis .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Fourier: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10101) Fourier in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (10101) Fourier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).