(6841) Gottfriedkirch

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Asteroid
(6841) Gottfriedkirch
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2787  AU
eccentricity 0.1355
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9699 AU - 2.5876 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.6699 °
Length of the ascending node 271.6663 °
Argument of the periapsis 283.3633 °
Sidereal period 3.44 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.73 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2034 PL , 1954 YQ, 1954 PX 33
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(6841) Gottfriedkirch is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .

The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), who worked as a schoolmaster and calendar maker until he became the first astronomer in Berlin on May 10, 1700 by Elector Friedrich III. (later King Friedrich I of Prussia) founded the Electoral Brandenburg Society of Sciences .

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