(11577) Einasto
Asteroid (11577) Einasto |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4514 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1454 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0950 AU - 2.8077 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.0256 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 75.6374 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 206.6775 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.84 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | February 8, 1994 |
Another name | 1994 CO 17 , 1975 GE, 1979 HD 4 , 1995 QU 2 |
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. |
(11577) Einasto is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 February 1994 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 after the Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist Jaan Einasto (* 1929), a pioneer in the study of dark matter .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Einasto: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11577) Einasto in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (11577) Einasto in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).