(10948) Odenwald
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Asteroid (10948) Odenwald |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3729 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0488 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2570 AU - 2.4888 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.1474 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 334.4239 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 176.0762 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.66 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.33 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.403 ± 0.346 km |
| Albedo | 0.291 ± 0.123 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2207 PL , 1995 DM |
| 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. | |
(10948) Odenwald is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .
The asteroid is part of the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.
(10948) Odenwald was named on May 1, 2003 after the Odenwald , a low mountain range in southern Hesse , Lower Franconia ( Bavaria ) and Baden-Württemberg .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (10948) Odenwald in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- Asteroid Odenwald: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10948) Odenwald in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10948) Odenwald in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).