(210213) Hasler-Gloor

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Asteroid
(210213) Hasler-Gloor
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,624  AU
eccentricity 0.279
Perihelion - aphelion 1.892 AU - 3.355 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.6 °
Sidereal period 4 a 102 d
Mean orbital velocity 19.2 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ~ 1 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ?
Absolute brightness 16.8 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Markus Griesser
Date of discovery September 11, 2007
Another name 2007 RP 14 , 1999 XL 148
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(210213) Hasler-Gloor is a main belt asteroid about one kilometer in size that was discovered on September 11, 2007 by Markus Griesser , director of the Winterthur Eschenberg observatory ( IAU code 151).

In June 2009, after numbering by the Minor Planet Center, the discoverer gave the asteroid the name of the couple, Dr. and married couple, with the official approval of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Niklaus and Ursula Hasler-Gloor. Together with friends, they founded the Astronomical Society Winterthur in spring 1963. With his pronounced mathematical talent, Niklaus wrote his first computer programs early on and later made a name for himself in the Swiss health system through well-founded statistical analyzes. Together with his wife Ursula, he ran a practice as a country doctor in Volketswil , Zurich agglomeration, until 2005 .

Niklaus Hasler-Gloor died on September 9, 2009 as a result of a fall.

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