(5149) Leibniz
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Asteroid (5149) Leibniz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1674 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1421 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7173 AU - 3.6174 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.7345 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 11.4076 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 101.9501 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.64 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
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| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6582 PL , 1985 DF 4 |
| 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. | |
(5149) Leibniz 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 came about 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 .
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
(5149) Leibniz was named after the German philosopher , mathematician , diplomat , historian and political advisor Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), who is considered one of the most important thought leaders of the Enlightenment .
See also
Web links
- (5149) Leibniz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (5149) Leibniz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (5149) Leibniz according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (5149) Leibniz in the AstDyS-2 database (English)