(31122) Brooktaylor
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Asteroid (31122) Brooktaylor |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1938 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1388 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8894 AU - 2.4982 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0708 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 170.4132 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 122.4187 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.25 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.10 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | September 21, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 SD , 2000 JC 56 |
| 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. | |
(31122) Brook Taylor is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 September 1997 by the Italian-American astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code 684) in Prescott , Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the British mathematician Brook Taylor (1685-1731), who gained important knowledge in the field of differential calculus . The asteroid was named on March 28, 2002.
See also
Web links
- (31122) Brooktaylor in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (31122) Brooktaylor in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Asteroid Brooktaylor: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)