(110393) Rammstein
Asteroid (110393) Rammstein |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7116 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0852 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4805 AU - 2.9428 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.1606 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 217.1257 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 222.6601 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.47 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.09 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 3–6 km |
Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Jean-Claude Merlin |
Date of discovery | October 11, 2001 |
Another name | 2001 TC8 |
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. |
(110393) Rammstein is an asteroid (officially: a minor planet) that was discovered by space researcher Jean-Claude Merlin in the Le Creusot observatory . The minor planet got its name after the German, internationally successful band Rammstein . Merlin justified his choice with the fact that Rammstein “play spectacular live shows all over the world”.
The US Minor Planet Center (MPC), which is responsible for confirming a space body as a " minor planet " and for naming it, officially confirmed the entry and name on February 19, 2006.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAU Minor Planet Center: About (110393) Rammstein (English)
Web links
- harvard.edu
- More information about the observatory
- Asteroid Rammstein: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (110393) Rammstein in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (110393) Rammstein in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).