(1950) Wempe
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Asteroid (1950) Wempe |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1784 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0840 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9953 AU - 2.3615 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.223 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.215 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.18 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 10 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 16.787 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13,062 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | 1942 |
| Another name | 1942 EO, 1968 HH 1 |
| 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. | |
(1950) Wempe is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 23, 1942 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory at the University of Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after the German astronomer Johann Wempe .