(31338) Lipperhey
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Asteroid (31338) Lipperhey |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Devine family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.9800 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0588 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.7461 AU - 4.2138 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.5695 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 53.2956 ° |
| Sidereal period | 7.94 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 25, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 HX 147 , 1978 VM 6 |
| 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. | |
(31338) Lipperhey is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered on April 25, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile .
The asteroid was named after the German - Dutch eyewear maker and inventor Hans Lipperhey (1570–1619), who developed the Dutch telescope in 1608 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lipperhey: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (31338) Lipperhey in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (31338) Lipperhey in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).