(281140) Trier
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Asteroid (281140) Trier |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,336 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.997 AU - 2.675 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.7 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 327 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 178.8 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.57 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.38 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 17.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Erwin Schwab and Rainer Kling |
| Date of discovery | February 16, 2007 |
| Another name | 2007 DO 7 , 2002 XU 112 |
| 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. | |
(281140) Trier is an asteroid of the main inner belt , which is located between Mars and Jupiter .
It was discovered on February 16, 2007 by the German amateur astronomers Erwin Schwab and Rainer Kling from the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory ( IAU-Code B01) on the Kleiner Feldberg im Taunus .
The asteroid was named after the city of Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate on May 14, 2014 . The city was founded over 2000 years ago as the Augusta Treverorum . In Trier there is the school observatory on the roof of the University of Trier and the Irsch observatory, which opened in 2004.
See also
Web links
- (281140) Trier in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (281140) Trier at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JPL Small-Body Database: 281140 Trier. In: NASA . Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Minor Planet Circulars # 88407. (PDF) In: Minor Planet Center . May 14, 2014, accessed July 25, 2017 .
- ^ Verein Sternwarte Trier eV In: Verein Sternwarte Trier eV Retrieved on July 25, 2017 .