(17917) Cartan
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Asteroid (17917) Cartan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5747 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1621 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1572 AU - 2.9922 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.1544 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 244.6580 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 14.9996 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.13 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.57 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | April 15, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 GN 5 , 1996 TL 44 |
| 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. | |
(17917) Cartan is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 April 1999 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The celestial body was named on March 9, 2001 after the French mathematician Élie Cartan (1869–1951), who became known for his contributions to the theory of Lie groups and their applications.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Cartan: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17917) Cartan in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17917) Cartan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).