(30837) Steinheil
Asteroid (30837) Steinheil |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 3.1298 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1488 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6643 AU - 3.5954 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.3612 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 130.0578 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.54 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.84 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | January 15, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 AW 2 , 1999 NA 12 |
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. |
(30837) Steinheil is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on January 15, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named after the German physicist , astronomer , optician and entrepreneur Carl August von Steinheil (1801-1870), who in 1855 at the personal request of the Bavarian King Maximilian II founded the later optical-astronomical institute CA Steinheil & Sons , in which the A method he co-invented for mirroring glass surfaces by means of a thin layer of silver was used to manufacture high-quality telescopes.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Steinheil: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (30837) Steinheil in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (30837) Steinheil in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).