(10747) Koethen
Asteroid (10747) Koethen |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2383 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1164 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9777 AU - 2.4989 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4958 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 198.9205 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 220.7127 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.35 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.90 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | February 1, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 CW 7 , 1989 AS 9 , 1998 WX 7 |
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. |
(10747) Köthen is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 1, 1989 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia . The asteroid was first seen in May 1983 at the Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran , Australia .
(10747) Köthen was named on January 24, 2000 after the district town of Köthen in the Saxony-Anhalt district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld , which was first mentioned in a document in 1115. Johann Sebastian Bach composed many secular works here, including the Brandenburg Concerts .
See also
Web links
- (10747) Köthen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10747) Köthen in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10747) Köthen according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (10747) Köthen at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)