(10111) Fresnel
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Asteroid (10111) Fresnel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5557 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0134 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5215 AU - 2.5898 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.8401 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 138.1207 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 50.6938 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.09 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.63 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
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| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | July 25, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 OO 1 , 1970 CR, 1991 LU |
| 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. | |
(10111) Fresnel is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 July 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 010) in the south of France was discovered.
The celestial body was named on July 28, 1999 after the French physicist and engineer Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788-1827), who contributed significantly to the foundation of the wave theory of light and optics, and who became known for the construction of the Fresnel lenses named after him .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Fresnel: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10111) Fresnel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10111) Fresnel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).