(26074) Carlwirtz
Asteroid (26074) Carlwirtz |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 1.8111 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0887 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6504 AU - 1.9718 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 31.6128 ° |
Sidereal period | 2.44 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 22.13 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Hans-Emil Schuster |
Date of discovery | October 8, 1977 |
Another name | 1977 TD, 1996 KH |
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. |
(26074) Carlwirtz is an asteroid of the main belt grazing Mars orbit , which was discovered on October 8, 1977 by the German astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid is named after the German astronomer Carl Wilhelm Wirtz (1875–1939), who was the first to demonstrate the expansion of space with the help of the radial velocities of the galaxies - albeit purely qualitatively.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Carlwirtz: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (26074) Carlwirtz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (26074) Carlwirtz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).