(1743) Schmidt
Asteroid (1743) Schmidt |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4725 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1359 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1365 AU - 2.8085 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.356 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,888 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.94 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 17.28 km |
Albedo | 0.060 |
Rotation period | 17,450 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.302 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 4109 PL, 1931 BJ, 1939 CN |
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. |
(1743) Schmidt is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the Estonian optician Bernhard Schmidt , who developed the Schmidt telescope named after him .