(6914) Becquerel
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Asteroid (6914) Becquerel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5755 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2425 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9501 AU - 3.2000 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2174 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 355.1916 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 249.6431 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 22, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 4.13 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.55 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. Shoemaker, D. Levy, H. Holt |
| Date of discovery | April 3, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 GZ , 1951 NH, 1955 KM, 1964 TU, 1975 BB 1 , 1981 UE 2 , 1982 YC 5 , 1989 VD 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. | |
(6914) Becquerel is an asteroid of the main belt , which from on 3 April 1992 American US astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker , David H. Levy and Henry E. Holt at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), who, together with Marie and Pierre Curie, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their discovery of radioactivity .
See also
Web links
- (6914) Becquerel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6914) Becquerel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (6914) Becquerel according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)