(4088) Baggesen
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Asteroid (4088) Baggesen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4446 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0583 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3021 AU - 2.5870 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.3970 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 35.5457 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 281.1622 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.82 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.04 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Poul Jensen |
| Date of discovery | April 3, 1986 |
| Another name | 1986 GG , 1972 VC, 1980 XG 1 , 1984 YG 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. | |
(4088) Baggesen is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 3, 1986 by the Danish astronomer Poul Jensen at Brorfelde Observatory ( IAU code 054) near Holbæk in Danish Zealand was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 20, 2000 after the Danish writer and follower of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution Jens Immanuel Baggesen (1764-1826).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Baggesen: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4088) Baggesen in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (4088) Baggesen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).