(1673) van Houten
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Asteroid (1673) van Houten |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1148 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1724 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5779 AU - 3.6517 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.573 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,497 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | October 11, 1937 |
| Another name | 1937 TH, 1950 BK, 1959 XG |
| 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. | |
(1673) van Houten is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 October 1937 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg State Observatory King chair of the University of Heidelberg was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten .