(12607) Alcaeus

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Asteroid
(12607) Alcaeus
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6565  AU
eccentricity 0.0351
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5632 AU - 2.7498 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1889 °
Length of the ascending node 277.1222 °
Argument of the periapsis 9.8768 °
Sidereal period 4.33 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.6 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2058 PL , 1993 FB 28
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(12607) Alcaeus is an asteroid of the central main 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 asteroid was named on November 24, 2007 after Alkaios of Lesbos , an ancient Greek poet and next to his contemporary Sappho the most important exponent of Aeolian lyrical poetry . He belongs to the Alexandrian canon of the nine lyric poets . Alcaeus is the Latinized spelling of the name Alkaios . The asteroid of the main inner belt (80) Sappho is named after Sappho .

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