(2125) Karl-Ontjes

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Asteroid
(2125) Karl-Ontjes
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7851  AU
eccentricity 0.1087
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4822 AU - 3.0879 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.6897 °
Sidereal period 4.65 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.84 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 13.69 km (± 1.2)
Albedo 0.1033 (± 0.020)
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11.9 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2005 PL , 1951 WD, 1969 PW, 1969 RJ 2 , 1977 ES 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.

(2125) Karl-Ontjes 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 reminiscent of the Frankfurt nuclear physicist Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld , who is a brother of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld.

See also