(16441) Kirchner
Asteroid (16441) Kirchner |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7226 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0359 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6248 AU - 2.8205 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.9263 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 330.713 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 149.8243 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.49 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | March 7, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 EF 6 , 1998 BK 36 |
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. |
(16441) Kirchner is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 7, 1989 by the astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 33).
The asteroid was named on November 11, 2000 after the painter and graphic artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), a founding member of the artist group Brücke and representative of Expressionism , who also took photographs and created wooden sculptures.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kirchner: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16441) Kirchner in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16441) Kirchner in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).