(4180) Anaxagoras
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Asteroid (4180) Anaxagoras |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6093 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1918 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1087 AU - 3.1098 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.918 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,215 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.44 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6092 PL, 1980 GH 1 , 1985 QJ 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. | |
(4180) Anaxagoras is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Greek philosopher and naturalist Anaxagoras .