(17506) Walschap
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Asteroid (17506) Walschap |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3192 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1015 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0839 AU - 2.5546 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2265 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 38.7656 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 172.0505 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.53 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.373 ± 0.554 km |
| Albedo | 0.261 ± 0.103 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 4, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 GW 4 , 1997 WR 30 |
| 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. | |
(17506) Walschap is a main belt - Asteroid , which on 4 April 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 809).
The asteroid was named after the Flemish writer Gerard Walschap named (1898-1989), who as a representative of the Catholic - humanist expressionism became known and the 1929 published novel Adalaide established his reputation.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Walschap: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17506) Walschap in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17506) Walschap in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).