(23520) Ludwigbechstein
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Asteroid (23520) Ludwigbechstein |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3052 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1220 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0239 AU - 2.5865 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2147 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 41.7305 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 349.8489 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.50 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.61 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | September 23, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 SM 26 , 1999 UY |
| 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. | |
(23520) Ludwigbechstein is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 23, 1992 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named on July 5, 2001 after the German writer Ludwig Bechstein (1801-1860), who, along with the Brothers Grimm, is one of the most important editors of German folk tales .
(23520) Ludwigbechstein belongs to the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Asteroid Ludwigbechstein: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (23520) Ludwigbechstein in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (23520) Ludwigbechstein in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).