(6912) Grimm
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Asteroid (6912) Grimm |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0640 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1159 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7089 AU - 3.4191 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0776 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 179.2696 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 351.6160 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 17th November 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 5.36 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.390 (± 1.279) km |
| Albedo | 0.103 (± 0.048) |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 8, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 GQ 2 , 1977 RC 16 , 1978 WV 2 , 1990 AQ |
| 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. | |
(6912) Grimm is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 April 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the German writer , journalist , theater and music critic and diplomat Friedrich Melchior Grimm (1723-1807).
See also
Web links
- (6912) Grimm in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6912) Grimm in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (6912) Grimm according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)