(1751) Herget

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Asteroid
(1751) Herget
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Gefion family
Major semi-axis 2,790  AU
eccentricity 0.174
Perihelion - aphelion 2.304 AU - 3.275 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.128 °
Sidereal period 4.66 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.8 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 14 km
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
Spectral class S type
history
Date of discovery July 27, 1955
Another name 1955 OC, 1955 QO, 1955 RB, 1955 SP 1 , 1962 CC, 1969 QA
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(1751) Herget is a main belt asteroid. He was born on July 27, 1955 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn (Indiana) within the Indiana Asteroid Program of the Indiana University discovered.

It was named after Paul Herget , an American astronomer and founder of the Minor Planet Center .

See also: List of asteroids