(13672) Tarski
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Asteroid (13672) Tarski |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6244 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0903 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3874 AU - 2.8615 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0380 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 194.8160 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 120.1123 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.25 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.38 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | May 30, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 KH , 1992 EW 12 |
| 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. | |
(13672) Tarski is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 May 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2000 after the Polish-US mathematician and logician Alfred Tarski (1902–1983), who made fundamental contributions to both formal sciences and formal truth theory.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tarski: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13672) Tarski in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13672) Tarski in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).