(15808) Zelter
Asteroid (15808) Zelter |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.8862 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0836 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6449 AU - 3.1275 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.3211 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 107.3023 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 118.6407 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.90 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.52 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 5.497 ± 0201 km |
Albedo | 0.280 ± 0.063 |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | F. Börngen |
Date of discovery | April 3, 1994 |
Another name | 1994 GF 10 , 1996 UK 2 , 1999 EU 4 |
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. |
(15808) Zelter is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 3, 1994 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
It was named in honor of the German composer , conductor and music teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1834), who set numerous poems by Goethe to music . In 1809 he founded the first Liedertafel in Berlin .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Zelter: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15808) Zelter in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (15808) Zelter in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).