(18520) Wolfratshausen
Asteroid (18520) Wolfratshausen |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.6789 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1870 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1780 AU - 3.1799 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5671 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 237.2933 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 276.9038 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.38 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 5.096 ± 0.159 km |
Albedo | 0.075 ± 0.018 |
Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Naoto Sato |
Date of discovery | November 6, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 VK 4 , 1998 HK 150 |
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. |
(18520) Wolfratshausen is an asteroid of the main belt , the November 6, 1996 by Japanese amateur astronomers Naoto Satō at his private observatory ( IAU code 369) in Chichibu was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the city of Wolfratshausen in Upper Bavaria on July 26, 2010 , and was "given" to it by its Japanese partner city Iruma on the occasion of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the city elevation.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Wolfratshausen: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (18520) Wolfratshausen in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (18520) Wolfratshausen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to Information board at the town hall in Wolfratshausen.