(14632) Flensburg

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Asteroid
(14632) Flensburg
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.6652  AU
eccentricity 0.2195
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0803 AU - 3.2502 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.5498 °
Length of the ascending node 269.0314 °
Argument of the periapsis 139.3271 °
Sidereal period 4.35 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.24 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.826 ± 0.215 km
Albedo 0.104 ± 0.017
Absolute brightness 14.4 mag
history
Explorer Norbert Ehring
Date of discovery November 11, 1998
Another name 1998 VY 33 , 1976 SF 4 , 1982 BJ 15 , 1989 SM 9 , 1996 FC 16
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(14632) Flensburg is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 11, 1998 by the amateur astronomer Norbert Ehring in Bornheim ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The asteroid with the official IAU number 14632 has a diameter of about six kilometers and circling it - along with many other part undiscovered asteroids - on an orbit between Mars and Jupiter around the sun . The celestial body was named on October 13, 2000 after the town where the explorer was born, Flensburg .

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