(39549) Casals
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Asteroid (39549) Casals |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7840 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1258 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4338 AU - 3.1342 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.7067 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 140.7763 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 356.5385 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.65 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | February 27, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 DP 13 , 1994 PF 29 |
| 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. | |
(39549) Casals is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 27, 1992 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named on January 6, 2003 after the Catalan cellist , composer and conductor Pau Casals (1876–1973), who was nominated for the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to peace, democracy and freedom .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Casals: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (39549) Casals in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (39549) Casals in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).