(2308) Schilt

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Asteroid
(2308) Schilt
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.5484 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1722 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1096 ± 0.0011 AU - 2.9872 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.175 ± 0.0419 °
Length of the ascending node 34.2574 ± 0.2102 °
Argument of the periapsis 233.6872 ± 0.262 °
Time of passage of the perihelion May 31, 2020
Sidereal period 4.07 a ± 0.1084 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 17.719 ± 0.098 km
Albedo 0.177 ± 0.024
Rotation period 11.9 h
Absolute brightness 11.9 likes
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer Carlos Ulrrico Cesco , Arnold R. Klemola
Date of discovery May 6, 1967
Another name 1967 JM ; 1926 GP; 1930 DR; 1972 TX 7 ; 1976 UH 12 ; 1980 VF; 1981 YM
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(2308) Schilt ( 1967 JM ; 1926 GP ; 1930 DR ; 1972 TX 7 ; 1976 UH 12 ; 1980 VF ; 1981 YM ) is an asteroid of the main middle belt that was discovered on May 6, 1967 by the Argentine astronomer Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and the US -American astronomer Arnold R. Klemola at Yale-Columbia Southern Station at the Felix Aguilar Observatory ( IAU code 077).

designation

(2308) Schilt was named after the astronomer Jan Schilt (1894–1982) who worked at Columbia University . The joint work of Schilt and Dirk Brouwer , after whom the asteroid (1746) Brouwer is named, led to the establishment of Yale-Columbia Southern Station in the early 1960s.

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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.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on July 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1953 TG2. Discovered 1953 Oct. 10 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "