(1742) Schaifers
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Asteroid (1742) Schaifers |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8912 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0945 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6179 AU - 3.1644 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.491 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,916 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.52 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.11 km |
| Albedo | 0.145 |
| Rotation period | 8.560 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11,113 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | September 7, 1934 |
| Another name | 1934 RO, 1929 RL 1 , 1952 HG |
| 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. | |
(1742) Schaifers is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 7, 1934 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg .
The asteroid bears the name of the German astronomer Karl Schaifers .