(496) Gryphia
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Asteroid (496) Gryphia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.199 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.079 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.026 AU - 2.372 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 207.7 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 258.8 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | November 25, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 3 a 95 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.1 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.48 km |
| Albedo | 0.17 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | October 25, 1902 |
| Another name | 1902 KH, 1931 TB, 1933 FQ |
| 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. | |
(496) Gryphia is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on October 25, 1902 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The name of the asteroid, which was previously considered a homage to the German poet Andreas Gryphius , is based on recent research by the Heidelberg astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel and the Viennese astronomer Anneliese Schnell , following a suggestion by Wilhelm Ebert , on a reference to the city of Greifswald .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Greifswald reaches for the stars: Minor planet “Gryphia” is assigned to Greifswald. Joint press release of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald, the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald and the Greifswalder Observatory eV of October 18, 2013