(29208) Halorentz
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Asteroid (29208) Halorentz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2371 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1957 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7993 AU - 2.6748 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.3083 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.35 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.91 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Freimut Börngen Lutz D. Schmadel |
| Date of discovery | September 9, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 RT 2 |
| 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. | |
(29208) Halorentz is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 9, 1991 by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named after the Dutch mathematician and physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853–1928), who developed the mathematical basis for Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and in 1902 for the explanation of the Zeeman effect together with his student Pieter Zeeman with the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Halorentz: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29208) Halorentz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (29208) Halorentz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).