(144096) Wiesendangen
Asteroid (144096) Wiesendangen |
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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 |
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. |
(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.