(29137) Alan Boss
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Asteroid (29137) Alan boss |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Phocaea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2926 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2202 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7877 AU - 2.7974 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 24.9446 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.47 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.66 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
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| Explorer |
Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | October 18, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 UY 1 |
| 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. | |
(29137) Alanboss is a main inner belt asteroid discovered on October 18, 1987 by the American astronomers Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California .
The asteroid was named after the American astrophysicist and astronomer Alan Boss (* 1951), who made important contributions to the formation of gas giants and binary star systems and is currently working on the recognition and characterization of habitable, earth-like planets nearby .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Alanboss: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29137) Alanboss in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29137) Alanboss in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).