(21059) Penderecki
Asteroid (21059) Penderecki |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9660 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0676 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7655 AU - 3.1665 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.9085 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.11 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.29 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | April 9, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 GR 10 , 1999 XU 129 |
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. |
(21059) Penderecki is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 9, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the observatory of the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid is named after the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (* 1933), who is considered one of the leading composers of the Polish avant-garde and who caused a sensation primarily with his sound compositions .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Penderecki: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (21059) Penderecki in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (21059) Penderecki in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).