(2183) Neufang

Asteroid (2183) Neufang
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Major semi-axis	2.995 AU
eccentricity	0.376
Perihelion - aphelion	1,869 AU - 4,121 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	18.108 °
Length of the ascending node	87.29 °
Argument of the periapsis	239.951 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	November 2, 2016
Sidereal period	5.18 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	25.143 ± 0.045 km
Albedo	0.045 ± 0.002
Rotation period	3.8662 h
Absolute brightness	11.8 mag
history
Explorer	Cuno Hoffmeister
Date of discovery	July 26, 1959
Another name	1959 OB ; 1933 MC
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(2183) Neufang ( 1959 OB ; 1933 MC ) is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered by the German astronomer and geophysicist Cuno Hoffmeister on July 26, 1959 at the Boyden Observatory near Bloemfontein ( IAU code 074).

designation

(2183) Neufang was named after Neufang , a district of the city of Sonneberg in Thuringia . In Neufang is the Sonneberg Observatory (IAU code 031), the discoverer lived Cuno Hoffmeister and worked there for decades by having founded the Sonneberg Observatory. The name was suggested by the employees of the Sonneberg observatory.

Web links

(2183) New entry in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2183) Neufang in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

Individual evidence

^ 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. 177 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 25, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for a village in Thuringia. ”

[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. 177 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 25, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for a village in Thuringia. ”