(144096) Wiesendangen

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Asteroid
(144096) Wiesendangen
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,335  AU
eccentricity 0.220
Perihelion - aphelion 1,820 AU - 2,850 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.163 °
Sidereal period 3 a 208 d
Mean orbital velocity 19.49 km / s
Physical Properties
Albedo ?
Rotation period ?
Absolute brightness 17.4 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Markus Griesser
Date of discovery January 23, 2004
Another name 2004 BV 58 , 1997 EB 20
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(144096) Wiesendangen is a main belt asteroid measuring about one kilometer , which was discovered on January 23, 2004 by Markus Griesser , the longtime director of the Winterthur Eschenberg observatory.

At the beginning of April 2007, with the official approval of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) , the asteroid was named after the village of Wiesendangen near Winterthur, where the discoverer of the asteroid has lived with his family for more than 30 years.

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