(8122) Holbein
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Asteroid (8122) Holbein |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3788 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1641 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9885 AU - 2.7691 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.5365 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 302.3893 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 178.9261 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.67 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.30 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4038 PL , 1975 XH 1 , 1991 BL 2 , 1993 RS 4 |
| 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. | |
(8122) Holbein is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .
The asteroid belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa, which is also known as the Hertha family (after (135) Hertha).
(8122) Holbein was born on April 2, 1999 after the German painters Hans Holbein the Elder (~ 1465–1524), who is best known for his sacred works, and his son Hans Holbein the Younger (~ 1497–1543), the devoted himself more to portraiture , named.
See also
Web links
- (8122) Holbein in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- Asteroid Holbein in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (8122) Holbein according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (8122) Holbein in the AstDyS-2 database (English)