(12567) Herreweghe

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Asteroid
(12567) Herreweghe
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.2059  AU
eccentricity 0.1076
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8611 AU - 3.5507 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1646 °
Length of the ascending node 150.3300 °
Argument of the periapsis 331.5772 °
Sidereal period 5.74 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.62 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery September 21, 1998
Another name 1998 SU 71 , 1981 WT 3 , 1994 AO 15 , 1997 ND 4
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.

(12567) Herreweghe is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 September 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile was discovered.

(12567) Herreweghe belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(12567) Herreweghe was named on July 13, 2004 after the Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe (* 1947), who already directed a choir during his student days and is now one of the most important protagonists of historical performance practice .

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  1. The family affiliation of (12567) Herreweghe (English)