(36800) Katarinawitt
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Asteroid (36800) Katarinawitt |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2644 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1145 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0052 AU - 2.5236 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.1767 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 45.4250 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 277.8041 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jens Kandler |
| Date of discovery | September 28, 2000 |
| Another name | 2000 SF 45 , 1999 GP 7 |
| 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. | |
(36800) Katarinawitt is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 28, 2000 by the German amateur astronomer Jens Kandler at the Drebach observatory ( IAU code 113) in Drebach in the Erzgebirge district .
The asteroid was named on July 21, 2005 after the figure skater Katarina Witt (* 1965), who achieved two Olympic victories , four world championship titles and six European championship titles for the GDR and is one of the most successful figure skaters in history .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Katarinawitt: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (36800) Katarinawitt in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (36800) Katarinawitt in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).