(10204) Turing
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Asteroid (10204) Turing |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8018 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0821 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5717 AU - 3.0319 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.9078 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 143.1271 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 293.3721 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.69 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | August 1, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 PK 1 , 1990 BK 4 , 1990 DJ 5 |
| 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. | |
(10204) Turing is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 1 August 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( observatory code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 2, 1999 after the British logician , mathematician , cryptanalyst and computer scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954), who is considered one of the most influential theorists of early computer development and who played a key role in the deciphering of the Enigma during the Second World War encrypted German radio messages was involved.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Turing: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10204) Turing in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10204) Turing in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).