(12618) Cellarius
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Asteroid (12618) Cellarius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1016 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1418 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6617 AU - 3.5414 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.0973 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 196.2067 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 13.7216 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 15th October 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 5.46 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6217 PL , 1980 GG 1 |
| 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. | |
(12618) Cellarius is an asteroid of the outer 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 January 22, 2008 at the suggestion of Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld after the German astronomer, mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (* around 1596; † 1665). In 1660 Cellarius published his richly illustrated sky atlas, the Harmonia Macrocosmica , later often referred to as the "Cellarius Atlas".
See also
Web links
- (12618) Cellarius in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12618) Cellarius in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (12618) Cellarius according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Research Institute Leiden Observatory: (Onderzoekinstituut Sterrewacht Leiden). Annual Report 2009 . Page 9 ( PDF , 17 MB; English)