(10952) Vogelsberg
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Asteroid (10952) Vogelsberg |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9083 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2302 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2389 AU - 3.5777 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.7869 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 189.3002 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 100.6105 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.96 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.45 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 10.779 ± 0.290 km |
| Albedo | 0.073 ± 0.009 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4152 PL , 1979 HT 6 , 1995 UJ 32 |
| 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. | |
(10952) Vogelsberg 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 was on 1 May 2003 after the Vogelsberg named, a low mountain range in Hesse , part of Osthessischen mountain country and the largest closed solid from basalt in Europe is.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Spessart: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10952) Vogelsberg in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10952) Vogelsberg in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).