(17038) Wake
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Asteroid (17038) Wake |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6207 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0846 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3990 AU - 2.8424 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.9323 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.40 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | J. Broughton |
| Date of discovery | March 26, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 FO 21 |
| 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. | |
(17038) Wake is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 March 1999 by the Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton at his private observatory which, Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428) in Queensland was discovered Australia.
The asteroid was named after the New Zealand- born British saboteur and resistance fighter Nancy Wake (1912-2011), who was the coordinator and leader of a French resistance group during World War II .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Wake: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17038) Wake in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17038) Wake in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).