(264020) Stuttgart

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Asteroid
(264020) Stuttgart
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2,453  AU
eccentricity 0.108
Perihelion - aphelion 2.188 AU - 2.719 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.7 °
Length of the ascending node 356.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 122.3 °
Sidereal period 3.84 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.96 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 2 km
Absolute brightness 16.6 mag
history
Explorer Erwin Schwab
Date of discovery 17th August 2009
Another name 2009 QS 1 , 1992 DK 12
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.

(264020) Stuttgart is an asteroid of the inner main belt with a diameter of almost two kilometers. It was discovered on August 17, 2009 by German amateur astronomer Erwin Schwab at the Tzec Maun Observatory in Mayhill, New Mexico, in the United States .

The asteroid was named on November 2, 2011 after Stuttgart , the state capital of Baden-Württemberg . The publication appeared on February 7, 2012 in Minor Planet Circular number 78272.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b (264020) Stuttgart on the side of the discoverer