(11341) Babbage
Asteroid (11341) Babbage |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Vesta family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3815 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0563 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2475 AU - 2.5155 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.3575 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.68 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.30 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | PG Comba |
Date of discovery | 3rd December 1996 |
Another name | 1996 XE 2 , 1979 BL 1 , 1985 VA 2 , 1985 XK |
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. |
(11341) Babbage is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 December 1996 by the Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory was discovered.
It was named in honor of the English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage , who created the forerunner of the modern computer with his design of the mechanical calculating machine Analytical Engine .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Babbage: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11341) Babbage in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (11341) Babbage in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).