(16714) Arndt

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Asteroid
(16714) Arndt
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8636  AU
eccentricity 0.0790
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6374 AU - 3.0898 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.2593 °
Length of the ascending node 102.0789 °
Argument of the periapsis 230.1999 °
Sidereal period 4.85 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery September 21, 1995
Another name 1995 SM 54 , 1996> YK 1
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.

(16714) Arndt is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 21, 1995 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in the Tautenburg Forest in Thuringia .

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

The celestial body was named on March 9, 2001 after the German writer , historian , freedom fighter and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), who was mainly dedicated to mobilizing against the occupation of Germany by Napoleon and as one of the most important poets of the The era of the Wars of Liberation applies.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (16714) Arndt in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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