(29203) Schnitger
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Asteroid (29203) Schnitger |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6060 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1430 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2333 AU - 2.9787 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.4614 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.21 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.45 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | April 9, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 GS 10 , 1999 BB 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. | |
(29203) Schnitger is an asteroid of the main belt which was discovered on April 9, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .
The asteroid was named after the important German organ builder Arp Schnitger (1648–1719), who is considered to be the finisher of the North German baroque organ and who set the tone in his northern European sphere of activity with over 100 new organs.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Schnitger: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29203) Schnitger in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29203) Schnitger in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).