(22168) Weissflog
Asteroid (22168) Weissflog |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.1550 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2695 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.5742 AU - 2.7359 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.9741 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 254.9541 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 34.6551 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.16 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 20.28 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Jens Kandler Gerhard Lehmann |
Date of discovery | November 30, 2000 |
Another name | 2000 WX 158 , 1999 FU 7 |
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. |
(22168) Weissflog is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 30, 2000 by the German amateur astronomers Jens Kandler and Gerhard Lehmann at the Drebach observatory ( IAU code 113) in Saxony .
The asteroid was named on May 1, 2003 after the German ski jumper Jens Weißflog (* 1964), who dominated his sport between 1984 and 1996.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Weissflog: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22168) Weissflog in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (22168) Weissflog in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).