(29643) Plucker
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Asteroid (29643) Plücker |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2384 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0254 AU - 2.4514 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8975 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 241.0767 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.35 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.90 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | November 15, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 VR 31 , 1981 UO 28 |
| 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. | |
(29643) Plucker is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 November 1998 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the German mathematician and physicist Julius Plücker (1801–1868), who dealt with the definition of lines and points ( Plücker matrix ) in mathematics and, as a physicist, discovered cathode radiation in 1858 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Plücker: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29643) Plücker in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29643) Plücker in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).