(266711) Tuttlingen

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Asteroid
(266711) Tuttlingen
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.537  AU
eccentricity 0.171
Perihelion - aphelion 2,104 AU - 2,969 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.9 °
Length of the ascending node 165.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 159.5 °
Sidereal period 4.04 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.56 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ≈1 km
Absolute brightness 17.3 likes
history
Explorer Rainer Kling and Ute Zimmer
Date of discovery August 30, 2009
Another name 2009 QX 38
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.

(266711) Tuttlingen is an asteroid of the central main belt , which is located between Mars and Jupiter .

It was discovered on August 30, 2009 by the German amateur astronomers Rainer Kling and Ute Zimmer from the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory ( IAU code B01) on the Kleiner Feldberg in the Taunus .

The asteroid was named after the city of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg on July 22, 2013 . This is the birth town of Rainer Kling.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Asteroid Tuttlingen. In: Minor Planet Explorer Erwin Schwab . Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
  2. JPL Small-Body Database: 266711 Tuttlingen. In: NASA . Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
  3. Minor Planet Circulars # 84383. (PDF) In: Minor Planet Center . July 22, 2013, accessed July 25, 2017 .