(10246) Franconian Forest
Asteroid (10246) Franconian Forest |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.5619 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0557 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4192 AU - 2.7045 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.1587 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.10 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.60 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 6381 PL , 1993 TV 26 |
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. |
(10246) Frankenwald is an asteroid of the main belt , which was named after the Frankenwald on May 1, 2003 . It 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 .
See also
Web links
- (10246) Frankenwald in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10246) Frankenwald in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10246) Frankenwald according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)