(6956) Holbach
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Asteroid (6956) Holbach |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4432 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0929 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2162 AU - 2.6703 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.4703 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 243.8930 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 212.6560 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.82 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.05 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 4.463 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | February 13, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 CX 3 , 1975 WZ, 1990 TT 9 |
| 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. | |
(6956) Holbach is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 February 1988 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid is part of the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.
The asteroid was named after the philosopher of the French Enlightenment Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach (1723–1789), who is best known for his theses critical of religion and atheist and who added numerous articles to the Encyclopédie on metallurgy , chemistry and related topics.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Asteroid Holbach: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (6956) Holbach in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (6956) Holbach in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).