(118173) Barmen

Asteroid (118173) Barmen
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	3.1609 AU
eccentricity	0.2100
Perihelion - aphelion	2.4972 AU - 3.8247 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	12.3610 °
Length of the ascending node	28.5274 °
Argument of the periapsis	169.9259 °
Sidereal period	5.62 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.7 mag
history
Explorer	Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery	April 11, 1991
Another name	1991 GZ ₁₀ , 1999 VA ₁₂₇
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(118173) Barmen is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen on April 11, 1991 at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).

The orbit of the asteroid was secured in 2005 so that numbering could be assigned. (118173) Barmen was named after the Barmen district of Wuppertal at the suggestion of Freimut Börngen . The choice fell on Barmen because of the Barmen Theological Declaration of 1934. The asteroid was named on November 9, 2006. Börngen named a number of asteroids after Protestant themes, for example (118178) Rinckart after Martin Rinckart and (120481) Johannwalter after Johann Walter .

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