(15171) Xandertielens
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Asteroid (15171) Xandertielen's |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2581 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1417 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9380 AU - 2.5781 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5306 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 84.7228 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 228.0327 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.39 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2772 PL , 2000 GA 77 |
| 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. | |
(15171) Xandertielens is an asteroid of the 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 August 31, 2012 after the Dutch astronomer Xander Tielens (* 1953), who works as a professor at the observatory of the University of Leiden and published groundbreaking studies on the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in interstellar gas and dust clouds.
See also
Web links
- (15171) Xandertielens in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (15171) Xandertielens in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (15171) Xandertielens according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)