(10245) Island Mountain

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Asteroid
(10245) Island Mountain
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Gefion family
Major semi-axis 2.7821  AU
eccentricity 0.0893
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5338 AU - 3.0305 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.8996 °
Length of the ascending node 196.5391 °
Argument of the periapsis 341.3165 °
Sidereal period 4.64 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.86 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
history
Explorer C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 6071 PL , 1995 DH 2
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.

(10245) Inselsberg is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California .

It was named on May 1, 2003 after the Inselsberg , a peak in the Thuringian Forest .

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