(3000) Leonardo
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Asteroid (3000) Leonardo |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3511 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1805 ± 0.0005 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9268 ± 0.0011 AU - 2.7755 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7514 ± 0.0477 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 200.9833 ± 0.7349 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 173.6725 ± 0.7409 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 2nd May 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 3.61 a ± 0.0714 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.838 ± 0.068 km |
| Albedo | 0.115 ± 0.007 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: B |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Scolded John Bus
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| Date of discovery | March 2, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 EG 19 ; 1961 XB; 1975 NK 1 ; 1979 UT 4 ; 1979 WC 6 |
| 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. | |
(3000) Leonardo ( 1981 EG 19 ; 1961 XB ; 1975 NK 1 ; 1979 UT 4 ; 1979 WC 6 ) is an approximately ten kilometer large asteroid of the main inner belt that was scolded by the American astronomer John Bus on March 2, 1981 Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260).
designation
(3000) Leonardo was named after the painter , sculptor , architect , anatomist , mechanic , engineer and natural philosopher Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) from the Republic of Florence . He is considered the most famous polymath from the area of today's Italy . The lunar crater Da Vinci (moon crater) and the Martian crater Da Vinci (Mars crater) are also named after him.
See also
Web links
- (3000) Leonardo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (3000) Leonardo in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed September 30, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 EG19. Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2999) Dante | numbering | (3001) Michelangelo |