(6617) Boethius
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Asteroid (6617) Boethius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2106 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1378 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9061 AU - 2.5152 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4241 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 68.3217 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 281.2978 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.29 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.03 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.682 (± 0.121) km |
| Albedo | 0.272 (± 0.055) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. J. van Houten I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | March 25, 1971 |
| Another name | 2218 T-1 , 1992 UQ 5 |
| 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. | |
(6617) Boethius is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on March 25, 1971 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery happened during the 1st Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .
The asteroid was named after the late ancient Roman scholars, politicians, neo-Platonic philosopher and theologian Boethius (around 480 / 485 -between 524 and 526 named).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Boethius: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Boethius in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6617) Boethius in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).