(2623) Zech

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Asteroid
(2623) Zech
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2542 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.2353 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7238 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.7846 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.055 ± 0.0429 °
Length of the ascending node 349.1023 ± 0.4686 °
Argument of the periapsis 22.8191 ± 0.4735 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 4th January 2018
Sidereal period 3.38 a ± 0.0557 d
Physical Properties
Rotation period 2.7401 h
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer German EmpireGerman Empire Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery September 22, 1919
Another name A919 SA ; 1963 RE
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(2623) Zech ( A919 SA ; 1963 RE ) is an asteroid of the inner main belt that was created on September 22, 1919 by the German (then: Weimar Republic ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024) was discovered.

designation

(2623) Zech was named after the German astronomer Gert Zech (* 1943), who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg and was the author of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts . The name was proposed by the German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel and endorsed by the German amateur astronomer Otto Kippes .

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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 August 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “A919 SA. Discovered 1919 Sept. 22 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2622) Bolzano numbering (2624) Samitchell