(22611) Galerkin
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Asteroid (22611) Galerkin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5395 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1323 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2034 AU - 2.8755 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9971 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 194.7564 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 128.3106 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.05 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.68 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | May 17, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 KB |
| 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. | |
(22611) Galerkin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 May 1998 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on August 4, 2001 after the Soviet engineer and mathematician Boris Grigorjewitsch Galjorkin (1871-1945), who introduced the Galerkin method named after him in 1915 for the approximate solution of partial differential equations .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Galerkin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22611) Galerkin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (22611) Galerkin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).