(9764) Morgenstern
Asteroid (9764) morning star |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3196 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1890 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8813 AU - 2.7579 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2112 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 300.6469 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 160.0688 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 17th November 2016 |
Sidereal period | 3.53 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.55 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 3.393 km (± 0.070) |
Albedo | 0.352 (± 0.070) |
Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | October 30, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 RA 5 , 1993 FD 4 |
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. |
(9764) Morgenstern is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on October 30, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in the Tautenburg Forest in Thuringia .
The heavenly body was named on December 8, 1998 after the German poet , writer and translator Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), who achieved particular fame through his comic poetry .
See also
Web links
- (9764) Morgenstern in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (9764) Morgenstern in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (9764) Morgenstern according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)