(1677) Tycho Brahe
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Asteroid (1677) Tycho Brahe |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Maria family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5324 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1073 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2607 AU - 2.8042 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.84 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 337.95 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 317.38 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | September 21, 2012 |
| Sidereal period | 4.023 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.66 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Rotation period | 3.89 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | September 6, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 RO, 1928 SP, 1935 FL |
| 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. | |
(1677) Tycho Brahe is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 6 September 1940 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named in honor of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe .