(29646) polya
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Asteroid (29646) Polya |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2466 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0826 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0611 AU - 2.4321 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8915 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 223.8307 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.87 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 16.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | November 17, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 WJ, 1993 FQ 66 |
| 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. | |
(29646) Polya is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 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 mathematician George Pólya (1887–1985), who was born in Austria-Hungary and who worked in particular in the areas of probability theory , combinatorics and number theory .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Polya: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29646) Polya in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (29646) Polya in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).