(17305) Caniff
Asteroid (17305) Caniff |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 4.0071 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1381 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.4538 AU - 4.5604 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6842 ° |
Sidereal period | 8.02 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 14.89 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 25 km |
Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 4652 PL, 1992 SV 16 |
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. |
(17305) Caniff is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 033).
The asteroid was named after the American comic artist and author Milton Caniff (1907-1988), who created the comics Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon and was known as Rembrandt of the comics because of his attention to detail .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Caniff: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17305) Caniff in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17305) Caniff in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).