(2944) Peyo
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Asteroid (2944) Peyo |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6521 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1644 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2160 AU - 3.0882 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.6487 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 194.7517 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 153.6178 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.32 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.30 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | August 31, 1935 |
| Another name | 1935 QF , 1969 MA, 1982 NA |
| 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. | |
(2944) Peyo is an asteroid of the middle main belt , which was discovered on August 31, 1935 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024).
The asteroid is in an 11: 4 orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter , which means that if the sun orbits Jupiter four times, the asteroid orbits the sun eleven times.
(2944) Peyo was named on April 6, 1993 after the Belgian comic artist Pierre Culliford (1928–1992), who became known as Peyo and whose most successful creation is " The Smurfs ". The naming after Peyo was suggested by the Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus , who also wrote the dedication text. The proposal was supported by the German astronomers Gerhard Klare and Lutz D. Schmadel .
See also
Web links
- (2944) Peyo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2944) Peyo in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (2944) Peyo according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The orbit resonance of (2944) Peyo in the AstDyS-2 database (English)