(293809) Zugspitze

Asteroid (293809) Zugspitze
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Major semi-axis	2.6760 AU
eccentricity	0.1128
Perihelion - aphelion	2.3741 AU - 2.9779 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	6.3380 °
Length of the ascending node	201.5535 °
Argument of the periapsis	174.0451 °
Sidereal period	4.38 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.15 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	16.6 mag
history
Explorer	Stefan Karge , Rainer Kling
Date of discovery	September 15, 2007
Another name	2007 RD ₁₆₂ , 2005 ES ₁₈₀
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(293809) Zugspitze is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on September 15, 2007 by the German amateur astronomers Stefan Karge and Rainer Kling at the 60 cm Cassegrain telescope of the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory on the Kleine Feldberg ( IAU code B01) was discovered. There had already been sightings of the asteroid on March 9th and 13th, 2005 under the provisional designation 2005 ES ₁₈₀ at the outstation of the Steward Observatory located on Kitt Peak .

(293809) Zugspitze was named on May 14, 2014 after the Zugspitze , the highest mountain in Germany.

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