(133552) Itting-Enke
Asteroid (133552) Itting-Enke |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.186 AU |
eccentricity | 0.113 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.827 AU - 3.545 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.1 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 280.5 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 229.2 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.69 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Turtle Star Observatory |
Date of discovery | October 16, 2003 |
Another name | 2003 UY 4th |
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. |
(133552) Itting-Enke is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on October 16, 2003 at the Turtle Star Observatory ( observatory code 678) in Mülheim an der Ruhr .
The asteroid was named in 2006 in honor of the German amateur astronomer Sonja Itting-Enke (* 1930), who founded the Cuno Hoffmeister Memorial Observatory near Windhoek in Namibia , where she is dedicated to imparting astronomical knowledge to the population.
See also
Sources and web links
- (133552) Itting-Enke: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (133552) Itting-Enke in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (133552) Itting-Enke in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- Four new minor planets discovered at the Turtle Star Observatory
- Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia: A good deal closer to the stars