(11709) Eudoxus
Asteroid (11709) Eudoxus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6039 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1096 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3184 AU - 2.8894 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7616 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 193.2363 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 98.5746 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.20 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.45 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 2.64 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
Date of discovery | April 27, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 HF 20 , 1978 US 7 |
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. |
(11709) Eudoxos is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 April 1998 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code south 684) of Prescott in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on November 23, 1999 after Eudoxos of Knidos (approx. 395 – approx. 340 BC), a Greek mathematician , astronomer , geographer , doctor , philosopher and legislator of antiquity .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Eudoxos: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11709) Eudoxos in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (11709) Eudoxos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).