(10246) Franconian Forest

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Asteroid
(10246) Franconian Forest
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.5619  AU
eccentricity 0.0557
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4192 AU - 2.7045 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.1587 °
Sidereal period 4.10 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.60 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.6 mag
history
Explorer C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 6381 PL , 1993 TV 26
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.

(10246) Frankenwald is an asteroid of the main belt , which was named after the Frankenwald on May 1, 2003 . It 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 .

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