(2018) Schuster

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Asteroid
(2018) Cobbler
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
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
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(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 .

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