(8128) Nicomachus
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Asteroid (8128) Nicomachus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Hygiea family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1268 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1105 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7814 AU - 3.4721 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.1318 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 326.9825 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 261.2132 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.53 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 4.67 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Carlos Ulrrico Cesco Arnold R. Klemola |
| Date of discovery | May 6, 1967 |
| Another name | 1967 JP , 1966 CU, 1966 DT |
| 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. | |
(8128) Nicomachus is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on May 6, 1967 by the Argentine astronomer Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and his American colleague Arnold R. Klemola at the Leoncito Astronomical Facility ( IAU code 829) in El Leoncito National Park in Argentina was discovered.
The asteroid was named on April 11, 1998 after the ancient philosopher , mathematician and music theorist Nicomachus of Gerasa .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nicomachus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Nicomachus in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8128) Nicomachus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).