679 Pax [SEP] discoverer or inventor
679 Pax
679 Pax is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on January 28, 1909. It is named after Pax, a Roman goddess.
Measurements using the adaptive optics at the W. M. Keck Observatory give a mean diameter of 62 km. This is 16% larger than the diameter estimated using the IRAS observatory. The asteroid is elongated with a size ratio of 1.66 ± 0.23 between the major and minor axes. Photometric measurements reported in 1982 gave a rotation period of
introduced in 2000
- Pax genes, a group of genes and their proteins
- Michelin PAX System, an automotive run-flat tire system
- Pax, a generic brand of diazepam available in South Africa
- "Pax", a genus of ant spiders
People.
- Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858–1942), German botanist
- Ferdinand Albert Pax (1884–1964), German zoologist, son of the previous
Other uses.
- 679 Pax, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
- Winter