(17484) Ganghofer
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Asteroid (17484) Ganghofer |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7030 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1693 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2453 AU - 3.1606 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2027 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.44 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.12 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Freimut Börngen Lutz D. Schmadel |
| Date of discovery | September 13, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 RY 4 , 1978 WP 1 , 1978 WY 16 |
| 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. | |
(17484) Ganghofer is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 13, 1991 by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid was named after the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer (1855-1920), who became known for his homeland novels and plays .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ganghofer: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17484) Ganghofer in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17484) Ganghofer in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).