(3079) Schiller
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Asteroid (3079) Schiller |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6830 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2195 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0940 AU - 3.2720 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.9204 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 183.1102 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.5573 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.39 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2578 PL , 1931 BC |
| 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. | |
(3079) Schiller is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .
The asteroid was named after the German poet , philosopher and historian Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), who, together with Wieland , Goethe and Herder, formed the four stars of the Weimar Classic .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Schiller: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3079) Schiller in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3079) Schiller in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).