(21076) Kokoschka
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Asteroid (21076) Kokoschka |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4168 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2234 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8769 AU - 2.9567 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.5122 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.76 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Freimut Börngen , Lutz D. Schmadel |
| Date of discovery | September 12, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 RG 4 , 1997 EP 1 |
| 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. | |
(21076) Kokoschka is an asteroid of the main belt which was discovered on September 12, 1991 by the German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at the observatory of the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid has been named since May 9, 2001 after the Austrian painter , graphic artist and writer Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), who became an outstanding exponent of Expressionism with his portraits , cityscapes and landscapes in expressive colors .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kokoschka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (21076) Kokoschka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (21076) Kokoschka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).