(20016) Rietschel
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Asteroid (20016) Rietschel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6427 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1187 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3290 AU - 2.9564 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.9931 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.31 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | October 8, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 TU 13 , 1997 CO 12 , 1999 RV 148 |
| 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. | |
(20016) Rietschel is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 8, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named on May 9, 2001 after the German sculptor of late classicism Ernst Rietschel (1804–1861), who was one of the most important monument artists of his time and who created the Lessing monument in Braunschweig .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rietschel: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (20016) Rietschel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (20016) Rietschel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).