(13908) Wölbern

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Asteroid
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Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2050  AU
eccentricity 0.1426
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8906 AU - 2.5194 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.1270 °
Sidereal period 3,276 a
Mean orbital velocity 20.06 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 1,930 km
Absolute brightness 14,835 mag
history
Explorer C.-I. Lagerkvist
Date of discovery 2nd September 1978
Another name 1978 RH 9 , 1978 RG 16 , 1991 PR 3
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(13908) Wölbern is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on September 2, 1978 by the Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist at the La Silla Observatory .

The asteroid was named after the German geophysicist Ingo Wölbern .

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