(2158) Tietjen

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Asteroid
(2158) Tietjen
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.067  AU
eccentricity 0.183
Perihelion - aphelion 2.507 AU - 3.626 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.586 °
Length of the ascending node 187.325 °
Argument of the periapsis 102.023 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 27, 2014
Sidereal period 5.37 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 22.658 (± 0.259) km
Albedo 0.066 (± 0.014)
Absolute brightness 11.6 mag
history
Explorer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery July 24, 1933
Another name 1933 OS; 1928 SS; 1949 QR 1 ; 1955 RL 1 ; 1959 GX; 1961 VV; 1976 OG 1
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(2158) Tietjen ( 1933 OS ; 1928 SS ; 1949 QR 1 ; 1955 RL 1 ; 1959 GX ; 1961 VV ; 1976 OG 1 ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt of the on August 24, 1936 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg- Königstuhl was discovered.

designation

The asteroid was named after Friedrich Tietjen (1832–1895), a professor of astronomy at the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1874 he was director of the Astronomical Computing Institute . For many years he was the author of the series of publications Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch and Nautisches Jahrbuch .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 175 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 8, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Friedrich Tietjen”