(27710) Henseling
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Asteroid (27710) Henseling |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1993 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1929 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7751 AU - 2.6235 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4393 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.26 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.08 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | September 7, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 RY 1 , 1998 WQ 20 |
| 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. | |
(27710) Henseling is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 7, 1988 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia . It has an orbital period of 3.26 years; its somewhat eccentric elliptical orbit runs in the inner region of the asteroid belt.
The asteroid was named in 1989 after the German astronomer and writer Robert Henseling (1883–1964), who was a committed promoter of amateur astronomy and co-founder of two public observatories .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Henseling: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (27710) Henseling in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (27710) Henseling in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).