(6006) Anaximandros
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Asteroid (6006) Anaximandros |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8370 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0803 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6091 AU - 3.0649 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.4175 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.78 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.68 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 3, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 GB 4 , 1972 TN 4 , 1986 RC 8 |
| 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. | |
(6006) Anaximandros is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 April 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.
The asteroid is named after the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Anaximander (~ 610 BC – 547 BC), who is considered to be a student and successor of Thales and who is counted among the Milesians .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Anaximandros: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Anaximandros in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6006) Anaximandros in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (6006) Anaximandros in the AstDyS-2 database (English)