(2235) Vittore

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Asteroid
(2235) Vittore
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.208  AU
eccentricity 0.214
Perihelion - aphelion 2.521 AU - 3.894 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 18.782 °
Length of the ascending node 205.053 °
Argument of the periapsis 274.664 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 28, 2016
Sidereal period 5.75 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 41.688 ± 0.163 km
Albedo 0.050 ± 0.007
Rotation period 32.1 h
Absolute brightness 10.6 mag
history
Explorer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery April 5, 1924
Another name A924 GA ; 1933 UL; 1933 WM; 1939 VE; 1950 TT; 1959 GS; 1962 SM; 1968 TP; 1976 EN; 1976 FC; 1979 SA
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(2235) Vittore ( A924 GA ; 1933 UL ; 1933 WM ; 1939 VE ; 1950 TT ; 1959 GS ; 1962 SM ; 1968 TP ; 1976 EN ; 1976 FC ; 1979 SA ) is an asteroid of the main outer belt that died on April 5 Was discovered in 1924 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).

designation

(2235) Vittore was named after the San Vittore observatory in Bologna ( Emilia-Romagna , Italy , IAU code 552), where the asteroid (2235) Vittore was rediscovered in 1979. The rediscovery, as well as the subsequent identification and numbering of the asteroid, was the result of extensive and careful efforts by a group of amateur astronomers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  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. 182 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 31, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of the Osservatorio S . Vittore, Bologna ”