(10740) Fallersleben
Asteroid (10740) Fallersleben |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6661 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1100 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3728 AU - 2.9594 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.4096 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 135.7819 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 235.2691 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.35 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.24 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | September 8, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 RX 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. |
(10740) Fallersleben is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 8, 1988 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
(10740) Fallersleben was named on November 23, 1999 after the German university professor for German studies and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), who made a significant contribution to the establishment of German studies as a scientific discipline. On August 26, 1841, he wrote the lyrics for the song of the Germans , which later became the German national anthem .
See also
Web links
- (10740) Fallersleben in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10740) Fallersleben in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10740) Fallersleben according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)