(10895) Aynrand
Asteroid (10895) Aynrand |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2645 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0729 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0994 AU - 2.4295 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.1457 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 55.3246 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | George R. Viscome |
Date of discovery | October 11, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 TC 18 , 1973 SV 6 , 1980 UW, 1980 VQ 1 |
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. |
(10895) Aynrand is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 October 1997 by the American US Amateur astronomer George R. Viscome on edge Observatory ( IAU code 816) in Franklin County in the northeast of the State of New York was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Russian-born American libertarian bestselling author Ayn Rand (1905–1982), whose socially critical novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged became world successes.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Aynrand: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10895) Aynrand in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (10895) Aynrand in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).