(29829) Engels
Asteroid (29829) Angel |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5761 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1917 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0822 AU - 3.0700 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.4146 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 172.9251 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 336.1449 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.13 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 6.345 km (± 0.170) |
Albedo | 0.191 (± 0.029) |
Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Matteo Santangelo |
Date of discovery | March 14, 1999 |
Another name | 1999 EK 3 , 1991 JE 2 |
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. |
(29829) Angel is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 March 1999 by the Italian astronomer Matteo Santangelo at Monte Agliale Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Agliale) ( IAU code 159) at Borgo a Mozzano in the province of Lucca was discovered .
The asteroid was named on March 30, 2010 after the German philosopher , social theorist , historian , journalist and communist revolutionary Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), who laid the foundation for the later dialectical materialism and in 1848 wrote the Communist Manifesto together with Karl Marx .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Engels: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29829) Engels in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (29829) Engels in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).