(3587) Descartes
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Asteroid (3587) Descartes |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7030 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0394 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5964 AU - 2.8097 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.8278 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 32.9777 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 25.2272 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.44 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.10 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 14.594 ± 0.133 km |
| Albedo | 0.059 ± 0.009 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII : C |
| history | |
| Explorer | Lyudmyla Shuravlowa |
| Date of discovery | September 8, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 RK 5 , 1975 GE 1 , 1983 AR 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. | |
(3587) Descartes is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 8, 1981 by the Ukrainian - Soviet astronomer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa at the branch of the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid was named after the French philosopher , mathematician and natural scientist René Descartes (1596–1650), who is considered the founder of modern early modern rationalism and analytical geometry .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Descartes: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3587) Descartes in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3587) Descartes in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).