(2181) Fogelin

Asteroid (2181) Fogelin
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Asteroid family	Eunomia family
Major semi-axis	2.591 AU
eccentricity	0.119
Perihelion - aphelion	2.284 AU - 2.899 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	13.007 °
Length of the ascending node	17.288 °
Argument of the periapsis	116.134 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	April 16, 2018
Sidereal period	4.17 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	10.067 ± 0.109 km
Albedo	0.252 ± 0.046
Rotation period	14.07 h
Absolute brightness	12 likes
history
Explorer	Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery	December 28, 1942
Another name	1942 YA ; 1952 HC ₂ ; 1975 VF ₉
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.

(2181) Fogelin ( 1942 YA ; 1952 HC ₂ ; 1975 VF ₉ ) is an asteroid of the middle main belt that was discovered on December 28, 1942 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU-Code 024) was discovered. The asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family, a group of asteroids named after (15) Eunomia .

designation

(2181) Fogelin was named after Eric Fogelin (* 1961), an assistant at the Minor Planet Center from 1979 to 1980. He was significantly involved in the digitization of the data.

Web links

(2181) Fogelin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2181) Fogelin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 177 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on October 20, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of Eric S. Fogelin {1961–} ”

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 177 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on October 20, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of Eric S. Fogelin {1961–} ”