(243491) Mühlviertel
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Asteroid (243491) Mühlviertel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.184 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.876 AU - 2.491 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 112.1 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 219.3 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.23 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2,742 km |
| Albedo | 0.045 |
| Absolute brightness | 17.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | David Voglsam |
| Date of discovery | October 20, 2009 |
| Another name | 2009 UH 19 |
| 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. | |
(243491) Mühlviertel is an asteroid of the inner main belt . It was discovered on October 20, 2009 by the Austrian amateur astronomer David Voglsam at the Davidschlag observatory in Kirchschlag near Linz . The object has a diameter of a good two and a half kilometers.
The asteroid was named after the Mühlviertel , a landscape in Upper Austria . The reasons for this were the location of the observatory in the Mühlviertel and the low level of light pollution there .
See also
Web links
- (243491) Mühlviertel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (243491) Mühlviertel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (243491) Mühlviertel according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Upper Austrians of the day: The discoverer of the" Mühlviertel "" on the website of the Upper Austrian News