(6039) Parmenides
Asteroid (6039) Parmenides |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.4110 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0568 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.2171 AU - 3.6049 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.1101 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 186.1133 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 176.2804 ° |
Sidereal period | 6.30 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.11 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 22.03 ± 0.157 km |
Albedo | 0.076 ± 0.004 |
Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | 3rd September 1989 |
Another name | 1989 RS , 1983 TT 2 , 1990 YV |
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. |
(6039) Parmenides is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered on September 3, 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence ( IAU code 511) in south-eastern France .
The asteroid is named after the ancient Greek philosopher Parmenides from Elea (~ 520/515 BC – 460/455 BC), who is counted among the pre-Socratics .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Parmenides: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Parmenides in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6039) Parmenides in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).