(31823) Viète
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Asteroid (31823) Viète |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7398 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3624 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7468 AU - 3.7329 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 24.2483 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 28.3715 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.54 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.98 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | 4th October 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 TN 3 |
| 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. | |
(31823) Viète is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 4, 1999 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( observatory code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the French lawyer and mathematician François Viète (1540–1603), who introduced the use of letters as variables in modern mathematical notation and can thus be described as the founder of modern algebra. The appointment took place on March 28, 2002.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Viète: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (31823) Viète in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (31823) Viète in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).