(10506) Rydberg
Asteroid (10506) Rydberg |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.9938 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0483 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8492 AU - 3.1384 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.9346 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 249.4335 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 206.5473 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.18 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.21 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 13,348 km (± 2,852) |
Albedo | 0.054 (± 0.052) |
Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | February 13, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 CW 4 , 1991 VX 12 |
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. |
(10506) Rydberg is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 February 1988 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 March 20, 2000 after the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg (1854-1919), who is mainly known for setting up the Rydberg formula and the Rydberg constant named after him .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rydberg: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10506) Rydberg in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10506) Rydberg in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).