(6710) apostles
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Asteroid (6710) apostles |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7982 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2243 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1706 AU - 3.4258 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.5721 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 217.8170 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 82.6847 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.68 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.80 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 3, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 GF 4 , 1990 RZ 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. | |
(6710) Acts is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 3, 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 809).
The asteroid was named after the Belgian philosopher Leo Apostel (1925–1995).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Apostle: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Apostle in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6710) Apostle in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).