(18567) Segenthau
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Asteroid (18567) Segenthau |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hoffmeister family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7789 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0691 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5869 AU - 2.9709 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.3638 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.63 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.86 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Starkenburg observatory |
| Date of discovery | September 27, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 SS 4 |
| 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. | |
(18567) Segenthau is an asteroid in the main asteroid belt. He was discovered on September 27, 1997 by Reiner Michael Stoss at the Starkenburg observatory in Heppenheim . He also suggested naming it after the place of his childhood, the town of Segenthau in the Banat .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Segenthau: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (18567) Segenthau in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (18567) Segenthau in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- Names of asteroids discovered at the observatory