(10973) Thomas Rider

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Asteroid
(10973) Thomas Rider
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2423  AU
eccentricity 0.0781
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0673 AU - 2.4174 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.5481 °
Length of the ascending node 348.0790 °
Argument of the periapsis 234.3868 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 27, 2019
Sidereal period 3.36 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 3.426 ± 0.054 km
Albedo 0.345 ± 0.054
Rotation period 3.910 h
Absolute brightness 14.4 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery 29th September 1973
Another name 1210 T-2 , 1992 ED
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(10973) Thomasreiter is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the 2nd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 13 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .

The asteroid was named on May 20, 2008 after the German test pilot and former astronaut Thomas Reiter (* 1958), who was the first European to undertake long-term missions; 1995–1996 on the Russian Mir space station and 2006 on the International Space Station (ISS) .

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