(2943) Heinrich
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Asteroid (2943) Heinrich |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4484 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1541 ± 0.0007 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0712 ± 0.0016 AU - 2.8257 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.9155 ± 0.0061 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 313.8848 ± 0.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 44.8149 ± 0.2601 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 2nd March 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.83 a ± 0.1033 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.535 ± 0.044 km |
| Albedo | 0.249 ± 0.044 |
| Rotation period | 8.7923 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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| Date of discovery | August 25, 1933 |
| Another name | 1933 QU ; 1970 EJ 2 ; 1977 AM 1 ; 1979 OK 14 ; 1979 SY 2 |
| 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. | |
(2943) Heinrich ( 1933 QU ; 1970 EJ 2 ; 1977 AM 1 ; 1979 OK 14 ; 1979 SY 2 ) is an approximately seven-kilometer asteroid of the inner main belt , which was released on January 29, 1932 by the German (then: Nazi state ) Astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was discovered at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the west summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).
designation
(2943) Heinrich was named after the German astronomer Inge Heinrich (* 1941), worked at the Astronomical Computing Institute in Heidelberg and was the author for the former journal Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts . The name was suggested by the German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel .
See also
Web links
- (2943) Heinrich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2943) Heinrich in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 September 23, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1933 QU. Discovered 1933 Aug. 25 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2942) Cordie | numbering | (2944) Peyo |