(568) Cheruskia
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Asteroid (568) Cheruskia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,884 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.406 AU - 3.362 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.4 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 249.9 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 174.2 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 13, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 328 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.4 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 86.98 km |
| Albedo | 0.0535 |
| Rotation period | 13 h 13 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul Goetz |
| Date of discovery | July 26, 1905 |
| Another name | 1905 QS, 1956 DA, A891 XB |
| 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. | |
(568) Cheruskia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 26, 1905 by the German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the Cheruskia fraternity at Heidelberg University.