(12567) Herreweghe
Asteroid (12567) Herreweghe |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
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 .
See also
Web links
- (12567) Herreweghe in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12567) Herreweghe in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (12567) Herreweghe according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)