(29214) Apitzsch
Asteroid (29214) Apitzsch |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.8762 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1453 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4583 AU - 3.2940 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.9805 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 276.7591 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 34.3240 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.88 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Lutz D. Schmadel Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | October 2, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 TL 6 , 1999 FL 47 |
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. |
(29214) Apitzsch is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 2, 1991 by the German astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named on February 9, 2009 after the German amateur astronomer Rolf Apitzsch , who has been pursuing near-earth objects and discovering new asteroids at his private Wildberg observatory since 1999 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Apitzsch: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29214) Apitzsch in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29214) Apitzsch in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).