(17734) Boole
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Asteroid (17734) Boole |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4098 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1007 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1673 AU - 2.6524 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.1053 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 222.2973 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 218.8879 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.74 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.18 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.017 ± 0.195 km |
| Albedo | 0.057 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | PG Comba |
| Date of discovery | January 22, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 BW 3 , 1978 WF 3 |
| 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. | |
(17734) Boole is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 January 1998 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
It was named on January 9, 2001 in honor of the English self-taught mathematician , logician and philosopher George Boole (1815–1864), who formulated the first algebraic logic calculus in his work The Mathematical Analysis of Logic in 1847 and thus the founder of the Booleans named after him Algebra became the foundation for the development of digital electronics.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Boole: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17734) Boole in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17734) Boolean in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).