(15728) Karlmay
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Asteroid (15728) Karlmay |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3085 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0826 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1178 AU - 2.4992 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4942 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 277.6688 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 351.5988 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.51 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.604 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Freimut Börngen , Lutz D. Schmadel |
| Date of discovery | October 11, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 TG 11 , 1993 OM 12 |
| 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. | |
(15728) Karlmay is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 11, 1990 by Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at the observatory of the Thuringian State Observatory in Tautenburg .
The asteroid was named after the German writer Karl May (1842–1912).