(29361) Botticelli
Asteroid (29361) Botticelli |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2877 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0925 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0762 AU - 2.4993 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.2443 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.46 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Vincenzo Silvano Casulli |
Date of discovery | February 9, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 CY, 1998 UQ 30 |
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. |
(29361) Botticelli is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on February 9, 1996 by the Italian astronomer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli at the Osservatorio Colleverde di Guidonia ( IAU code 596) in the municipality of Guidonia Montecelio in the province of Rome .
The asteroid was named after the Italian painter of the Italian Early Renaissance Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510), who created several wall paintings in the Sistine Chapel in 1481 and around 1498 made a total of 94 pen drawings for the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Botticelli: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29361) Botticelli in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29361) Botticelli in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).