(7908) Zwingli

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Asteroid
(7908) Zwingli
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3501  AU
eccentricity 0.1265
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0528 AU - 2.6473 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.6207 °
Length of the ascending node 57.6293 °
Argument of the periapsis 278.3672 °
Sidereal period 3.60 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.43 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 3.973 ± 0.207 km
Albedo 0.281 ± 0.018
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery March 26, 1971
Another name 4192 T-1 , 1983 TU 2 , 1989 EH 7 , 1990 SW 16
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(7908) Zwingli is an asteroid located in the main belt , which was discovered on March 26, 1971 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 on December 8, 1998 after the Swiss theologian and reformer Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), who translated the Bible into the federal chancellery language between 1524 and 1529 and laid the foundation for the Reformed Church.

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