(29227) Wegener
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Asteroid (29227) Wegener |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.384 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.933 AU - 2.837 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.464 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3 a 8 m 6 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.286 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | February 29, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 DY 13 , 1930 MP, 1996 FH 17 |
| 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. | |
(29227) Wegener is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 29, 1992 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg .
The asteroid was named after the German geophysicist, polar researcher and meteorologist Alfred Wegener , the founder of the theory of plate tectonics .