(7571) White rose

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Asteroid
(7571) White Rose
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1029  AU
eccentricity 0.1508
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6349 AU - 3.5708 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.181 °
Sidereal period 5.466 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.91 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.6 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery March 7, 1989
Another name 1989 EH 6
1981 UH 23
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.

(7571) Weisse Rose is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on March 7, 1989 by Freimut Börngen in Tautenburg .

The name of the asteroid is supposed to remember the student resistance group against the Nazi regime White Rose around Hans and Sophie Scholl .

See also