(2018) Schuster
Asteroid (2018) Cobbler |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.1839 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1922 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7641 AU - 2.6037 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5580 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 186.1253 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.23 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 20.15 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
Date of discovery | October 17, 1931 |
Another name | 1931 UC, 1973 UC 1 , 2526 PL |
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. |
(2018) Schuster is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on October 17, 1931 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory ( IAU code 024) near Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster (* 1934), who played a key role in setting up the La Silla and Paranal observatories .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Schuster: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2018) Schuster in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2018) Schuster in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).