(13053) Bertrandrussell
Asteroid (13053) Bertrandrussell |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.5995 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2935 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8366 AU - 3.3624 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.4339 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 116.7222 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 306.2499 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | September 22, 1990 |
Another name | 1990 SQ 8 , 1998 MJ 23 |
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. |
(13053) Bertrand Russell is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 September 1990 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2005 after the British philosopher , mathematician and logician Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, together with Alfred North Whitehead , published the Principia Mathematica, one of the most important works of the 20th century on the fundamentals of mathematics is considered to be one of the fathers of analytical philosophy .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Bertrandrussell: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13053) Bertrandrussell in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13053) Bertrandrussell in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).