(48422) Schrade

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Asteroid
(48422) Schrade
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2967  AU
eccentricity 0.1697
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9067 AU - 2.6865 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.1792 °
Length of the ascending node 62.1444 °
Argument of the periapsis 327.6993 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 25, 2016
Sidereal period 3.48 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.65 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 1.913 ± 0.333 km
Albedo 0.401 ± 0.155
Absolute brightness 15.4 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery 3rd November 1988
Another name 1988 VN 7 , 1981 UJ 26
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(48422) Schrade is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen on November 3, 1988 at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).

The celestial body was named after the German manager Hugo Schrade (1900–1974) who wrote the Codex Sinaiticus in 1844 , which was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Jena. The asteroid was named on May 1, 2003.

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