(29910) Segre
Asteroid (29910) Segre |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 3.0685 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1144 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7174 AU - 3.4196 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.6964 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 89.7770 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.38 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.00 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
Date of discovery | May 14, 1999 |
Another name | 1999 JV 8 , 1998 FA 89 |
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. |
(29910) Segre is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 May 1999 by the Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code 684) in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Italian mathematician Corrado Segre (1863-1924), who taught as a professor of geometry at the University of Turin from 1888 and put his main focus on algebraic geometry .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Segre: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29910) Segre in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (29910) Segre in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).