(19263) Lavater
Asteroid (19263) Lavater |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.6691 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2237 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0720 AU - 3.2661 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.8832 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.36 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.23 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | July 21, 1995 |
Another name | 1995 OH 10 , 1982 PB 1 , 1998 EG 6 |
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. |
(19263) Lavater is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 21, 1995 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid was named after the Swiss pastor , philosopher and writer Johann Caspar Lavater (1741–1801), who lived at the time of the Enlightenment and greatly influenced the political and religious life of his contemporaries.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lavater: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (19263) Lavater in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (19263) Lavater in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).