(10747) Koethen

Asteroid (10747) Koethen
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.2383 AU
eccentricity	0.1164
Perihelion - aphelion	1.9777 AU - 2.4989 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.4958 °
Length of the ascending node	198.9205 °
Argument of the periapsis	220.7127 °
Sidereal period	3.35 a
Mean orbital velocity	19.90 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.5 mag
history
Explorer	Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery	February 1, 1989
Another name	1989 CW ₇ , 1989 AS ₉ , 1998 WX ₇
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(10747) Köthen is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 1, 1989 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia . The asteroid was first seen in May 1983 at the Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran , Australia .

(10747) Köthen was named on January 24, 2000 after the district town of Köthen in the Saxony-Anhalt district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld , which was first mentioned in a document in 1115. Johann Sebastian Bach composed many secular works here, including the Brandenburg Concerts .

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