(12638) Fransbrüggen

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Asteroid
(12638) Fransbrüggen
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.3714  AU
eccentricity 0.1771
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9513 AU - 2.7914 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.8099 °
Length of the ascending node 197.9099 °
Argument of the periapsis 255.8815 °
Sidereal period 3.65 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.1 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery 29th September 1973
Another name 1063 T-2 , 1988 XF 1
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.

(12638) Fransbrüggen 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 belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa, which is also known as the Hertha family (after (135) Hertha ).

(12638) Fransbrüggen was named on September 9, 2014 after the Dutch conductor and recorder player Frans Brüggen (1934-2014), who made the recorder socially acceptable again as a concert instrument and in 1981 founded the orchestra of the 18th century .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (12638) Fransbrüggen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

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