(17078) Sellers
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Asteroid (17078) Sellers |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9922 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.12068 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6315 AU - 3.3530 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.6346 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.18 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.21 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | J. Broughton |
| Date of discovery | April 24, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 HD 3 , 1993 FG 2 , 1998 FB 92 |
| 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. | |
(17078) Sellers is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 April 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 British film actor and comedian Peter Sellers (1925–1980), who was best known for his role as Inspector Clouseau in the series The Pink Panther and for the film Dr. Strange or: How I learned to love the bomb , in which he played a total of three roles, achieved great fame.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sellers: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17078) Sellers in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17078) Sellers in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).