(17737) Sigmundjähn
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Asteroid (17737) Sigmundjähn |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4335 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1442 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0825 AU - 2.7844 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.4868 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 135.6236 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 344.1116 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.80 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.09 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.165 ± 0.068 km |
| Albedo | 0.069 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jens Kandler |
| Date of discovery | January 27, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 BF 14 , 2000 QS 145 |
| 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. | |
(17737) Sigmundjähn is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 27, 1998 by the German amateur astronomer Jens Kandler at the Drebach observatory ( IAU code 113) in Drebach in the Saxon Erzgebirge district .
The celestial body was named on January 9, 2001 after the former German fighter pilot , cosmonaut and major general of the NVA Sigmund Jähn (* 1937), who in 1978 was the first German to fly in the Soviet Soyuz 31 to the Salyut 6 space station .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sigmundjähn: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17737) Sigmundjähn in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17737) Sigmundjähn in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).