(13526) Libbrecht
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Asteroid (13526) Libbrecht |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2723 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1322 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9719 AU - 2.5726 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6333 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 142.3610 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 163.9945 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.43 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 6.2759 h |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | August 3, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 PQ 5 , 1994 JH 9 |
| 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. | |
(13526) Libbrecht is a asteroid of the main belt , which on August 3, 1991 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 August 29, 2015 after the Belgian philosopher Ulrich Libbrecht (1928-2017), who wrote numerous books on topics of Eastern and comparative philosophy.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Libbrecht: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13526) Libbrecht in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13526) Libbrecht in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).