(29643) Plucker
Asteroid (29643) Plücker |
|
---|---|
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).