(29447) Jerzyneyman
Asteroid (29447) Jerzyneyman |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4207 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0703 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2506 AU - 2.5909 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.1506 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.77 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.14 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
Date of discovery | August 12, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 PY 2 , 1986 VN 4 |
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. |
(29447) Jerzyneyman is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 August 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Polish - US mathematician and statistician Jerzy Neyman (1894–1981), who set up a leading international school of mathematical statistics in Berkeley from 1938 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Jerzyneyman: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29447) Jerzyneyman in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (29447) Jerzyneyman in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).