(10242) Wasserkuppe
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Asteroid (10242) Wasserkuppe |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4244 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1521 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0556 AU - 2.7931 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0469 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 180.0296 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 312.1051 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.77 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2808 PL , 1977 DB 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. | |
(10242) Wasserkuppe is an asteroid of the main belt , which was named after the Wasserkuppe , the highest mountain in the Rhön . The object was discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California .
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 ).
See also
Web links
- (10242) Wasserkuppe in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10242) Wasserkuppe in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10242) Wasserkuppe 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 status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)