(62190) Augusthorch
Asteroid (62190) Augusthorch |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5699 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2924 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8185 AU - 3.3212 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.9514 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 33.7277 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 271.6247 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 15th September 2016 |
Sidereal period | 4.12 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Jens Kandler |
Date of discovery | September 26, 2000 |
Another name | 2000 SS 44 , 1987 KV 1 |
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. |
(62190) Augusthorch is an asteroid of the middle main belt , which was discovered on September 26, 2000 by the German amateur astronomer Jens Kandler at the Saxon public observatory in Drebach ( IAU code 113). The asteroid had previously been sighted on May 30, 1987 under the provisional designation 1987 KV 1 at the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran , New South Wales .
The asteroid's orbit around the Sun has a high eccentricity of 0.2924 .
According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), Augusthorch was assigned to the taxonomic class of C asteroids in a spectroscopic study by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel (62190) .
(62190) August Horch was on 26 September 2007 after the German mechanical engineer and founder of the automotive company Horch and Audi August Horch named (1868-1951).
See also
Web links
- (62190) Augusthorch in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (62190) August Horch 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 of (62190) Alugusthorch according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Observations from (62190) Augusthorch on minorplanetcenter.net (English)
- ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia, Richard P. Binzel: Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog . (English)
- ↑ subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)