(15808) Zelter

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Asteroid
(15808) Zelter
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
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
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(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 .

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