(24999) Jerome
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Asteroid (24999) Jerome |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5551 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1781 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1000 AU - 3.0101 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.1193 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 231.7127 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.08 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.63 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Petr Pravec |
| Date of discovery | July 24, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 OY 4 , 1990 SZ 14 |
| 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. | |
(24999) Hieronymus is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 24, 1998 by the Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) in the Czech Republic.
The asteroid was on August 4, 2001, after the Dutch painters of the Renaissance Hieronymus Bosch named (around 1450 to 1560), stands out whose work by its symbolism.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hieronymus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24999) Hieronymus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (24999) Hieronymus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).