(11043) Pepping

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Asteroid
(11043) Pepping
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3816  AU
eccentricity 0.2058
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8915 AU - 2.8717 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.1820 °
Length of the ascending node 112.9483 °
Argument of the periapsis 326.1072 °
Sidereal period 3.68 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.30 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 1901-1981
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery December 25, 1989
Another name 1989 YX 6 , 1990 BC 4 , 1994 EF 6
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.

(11043) Pepping is an asteroid of the Main Belt . It was discovered by Freimut Börngen at the Tautenburg observatory on December 25, 1989 and has an absolute brightness of 14 mag. The orbital period is 3.68 years, the inclination towards the ecliptic 5.18 ° and the distance from the sun in perihelion 1.89 and in aphelion 2.87 astronomical units .

The asteroid was named on January 24, 2000 after Ernst Pepping (1901–1981), an organist, music professor and composer of church music.

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