(2897) Ole Römer

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Asteroid
(2897) Ole Römer
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2476 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0227 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.4725 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.8386 ± 0.0392 °
Length of the ascending node 48.3155 ± 0.3862 °
Argument of the periapsis 100.8843 ± 0.4325 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 6, 2019
Sidereal period 3.37 a ± 0.064 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.231 ± 0.113 km
Albedo 0.283 ± 0.068
Rotation period 2.6009 h
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
history
Explorer German EmpireGerman Empire Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery February 5, 1932
Another name 1932 CK ; 1949 FJ; 1971 UP 4 ; 1979 BA 1
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(2897) Ole Romans ( 1932 CK ; 1949 FJ ; 1971 UP 4 ; 1979 BA 1 ) is approximately five kilometers in Asteroid of the inner main belt , which on 5 February 1932 by the German (then the Weimar Republic ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl was discovered on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2897) Ole Römer was named in 1992 after the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer (1644–1710). In 1676 he proved that the speed of light is finite and not infinite. He was born in the city of Aarhus , after which (2676) Aarhus was named. He developed the Rømer scale , temperature scale . He was mayor of Copenhagen , mint master and chairman of the Statsrådet ( Council of State ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1932 CK. Discovered 1932 Feb. 5 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2896) Price numbering (2898) Neuvo