(7015) Schopenhauer

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Asteroid
(7015) Schopenhauer
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3245  AU
eccentricity 0.1700
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9293 AU - 2.7197 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.4780 °
Length of the ascending node 140.9395 °
Argument of the periapsis 24.3953 °
Sidereal period 3.54 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.53 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.806 ± 0.065 km
Albedo 0.133 ± 0.017
Absolute brightness 14.0 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery August 16, 1990
Another name 1990 QC 8 , 1939 CH 1 , 1971 DT, 1979 OZ 12 , 1986 NO
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(7015) Schopenhauer is an asteroid of the main belt , the August 16, 1990 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 was named after the German author and philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) who developed subjective idealism .

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