(5127) Bruhns

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Asteroid
(5127) Bruhns
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3774  AU
eccentricity 0.1535
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0124 AU - 2.7423 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.1642 °
Length of the ascending node 205.1195 °
Argument of the periapsis 202.5174 °
Sidereal period 3.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.31 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery 4th February 1989
Another name 1989 CO 3 , 1969 TX, 1980 TR 7
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(5127) Bruhns is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 4 February 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the German composer and organist Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697), who, as a representative of the North German organ school, created four complete organ works and several sacred cantatas .

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