(2306) Bauschinger

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Asteroid
(2306) Bauschinger
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Lydia family
Major semi-axis 2.7313 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0646 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.555 ± 0.0001 AU - 2.9076 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.2349 ± 0.038 °
Length of the ascending node 236.7357 ± 0.5488 °
Argument of the periapsis 102.8510 ± 0.624 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 25, 2020
Sidereal period 4.51 a ± 0.1093 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 19.36 ± 0.105 km
Albedo 0.13 ± 0.014
Rotation period 21.69 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: X
history
Explorer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery August 15, 1939
Another name 1939 PM ; 1967 TK; 1971 SC 3 ; 1982 BO 12
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(2306) Bauschinger ( 1939 PM ; 1967 TK ; 1971 SC 3 ; 1982 BO 12 ) is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on August 15, 1939 by the German (then Nazi state ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg- Königstuhl was discovered on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).

designation

(2306) Bauschinger was named after the German astronomer Julius Bauschinger (1860–1934). He was professor of astronomy and director of the Astronomical Computing Institute (then in Berlin , now in Heidelberg) and the Leipzig observatory (part of the University of Leipzig ).

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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.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on July 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1953 TG2. Discovered 1953 Oct. 10 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "