(10956) Vosges

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Asteroid
(10956) Vosges
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Vesta family
Major semi-axis 2.3522  AU
eccentricity 0.1191
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0722 AU - 2.6323 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.5417 °
Length of the ascending node 220.4106 °
Argument of the periapsis 77.5998 °
Sidereal period 3.61 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.41 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.7 mag
history
Explorer C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 5023 PL , 1985 QK 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.

(10956) Vosges 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 celestial body belongs to 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.

On May 1, 2003, the asteroid was named after the French name for the Vosges , a low mountain range in eastern France which, together with the Palatinate Forest, forms a unified low mountain range.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)

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