(12609) Apollodorus
Asteroid (12609) Apollodoros |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1186 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1846 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5430 AU - 3.6943 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8766 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 299.8757 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 32.2709 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.51 a |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 10.2715 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2155 PL , 1997 GY 11 |
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. |
(12609) Apollodoros is an asteroid of the main belt , which 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 belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
(12609) Apollodoros was named after the Greek stoic and writer Apollodorus of Athens , whose work Χρονικά (Chronicle) in four books the history of the world from the capture of Troy to the year 119 BC. Includes.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (12609) Apollodoros in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- (12609) Apollodoros in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12609) Apollodoros in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Asteroid Apollodoros: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA