(16355) Buber

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Asteroid
(16355) Buber
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.5936  AU
eccentricity 0.1678
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1585 AU - 3.0286 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.3884 °
Sidereal period 4.18 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.49 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.6 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery October 29, 1975
Another name 1975 WP 1 , 1999 LP 2
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(16355) Buber is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 29, 1975 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).

The asteroid was named after the Austrian-born Jewish religious philosopher Martin Buber (1878–1965).

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