(12606) Apuleius
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Asteroid (12606) Apuleius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4617 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2648 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8098 AU - 3.1135 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.8478 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 353.7428 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 294.7700 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.86 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2043 PL , 1991 TW 6 |
| 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. | |
(12606) Apuleius is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .
The solar orbit of the asteroid is strongly elliptical with an eccentricity of 0.2648 .
(12606) Apuleius was named on November 24, 2007 after Apuleius , who was an ancient Roman writer and orator of the 2nd century AD. His novel Metamorphoses , also known as The Golden Donkey, is considered the most important work of Apuleius . The story of Amor and Psyche is embedded in the novel .
Web links
- (12606) Apuleius in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12606) Apuleius in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (12606) Apuleius according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ After Amor the asteroid (1221) Amor , named after psyche of the asteroid (16) psyche .