(2278) Götz

Asteroid (2278) Götz
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Inner main belt
Major semi-axis	2,453 AU
eccentricity	0.149
Perihelion - aphelion	2.087 AU - 2.819 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	4.204 °
Length of the ascending node	53.419 °
Argument of the periapsis	207.213 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	January 10, 2019
Sidereal period	3.84 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	11.769 ± 0.057 km
Albedo	0.039 ± 0.009
Absolute brightness	13.5 likes
Spectral class	Tholen: FC
history
Explorer	Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery	April 7, 1953
Another name	1953 GE ; 1953 GR ₁ ; 1976 GE ₂ ; 1976 JG
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.

(2278) Götz ( 1953 GE ; 1953 GR ₁ ; 1976 GE ₂ ; 1976 JG ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was found on April 7, 1953 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024) was discovered.

designation

(2278) Götz was named after the German astronomer Paul Götz (1883–1962), the first assistant to the German astronomer Max Wolf (asteroids (827) Wolfiana and (1217) Maximiliana ) at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl from 1903 to 1905. Paul Götz discovered 20 asteroids during this time.

Web links

(2278) Götz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2278) Götz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).

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. 185 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Paul Götz”

[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. 185 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Paul Götz”