(4354) Euclides
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Asteroid (4354) Euclides |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Dora family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7960 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2091 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2114 AU - 3.3806 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4245 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 192.9881 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 242.6535 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.68 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.815 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2142 PL , 1971 BL 2 , 1979 YO 6 , 1983 RF |
| 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. | |
(4354) Euclides is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .
The asteroid belongs to the Dora family, a group of asteroids named after (668) Dora .
(4354) Euclides was named after the Greek mathematician Euclid .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (4354) Euclides in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
Web links
- Asteroid Euclides: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4354) Euclides in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (4354) Euclides in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).