(48425) Tischendorf
Asteroid (48425) Tischendorf |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Massalia family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3928 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1384 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0617 AU - 2.7239 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2604 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 113.3012 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 8.1048 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | July 27, 2018 |
Sidereal period | 3.70 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.25 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | February 2, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 CB 6 , 1993 FG 36 |
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. |
(48425) Tischendorf is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen on February 2, 1989 at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid is a member of the Massalia family, a group of asteroids with low orbital inclination named after their largest member (20) Massalia .
The heavenly body was named after the German theologian Konstantin von Tischendorf (1815–1874), who discovered the Codex Sinaiticus in 1844 , the oldest completely preserved manuscript of the New Testament . The asteroid was named on May 1, 2003.
See also
Web links
- (48425) Tischendorf in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (48425) Tischendorf in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (48425) Tischendorf according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)