(15265) Ernsting
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Asteroid (15265) Ernsting |
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| Detail of Schmidt plate No. 7361, taken by Dr. F. Börngen | |
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4259 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2007 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9390 AU - 2.9127 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.4765 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 64.8981 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 24.0528 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.78 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.12 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | F. Börngen , LD Schmadel |
| Date of discovery | October 12, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 TG 13 , 1994 WC 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. | |
(15265) Ernsting is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 12, 1990 by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg .
He was named on 14 June 2003 according to the German science fiction - writer and co-founder of the Science Fiction Club Germany Walter Ernsting , of his novels primarily under the pseudonym Clark Darlton published.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ernsting: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15265) Ernsting in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15265) Ernsting in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).