(2947) Tilt cock

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Asteroid
(2947) tilt cock
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3078 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1252 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0188 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.5967 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.1363 ± 0.0355 °
Length of the ascending node 283.9604 ± 0.7622 °
Argument of the periapsis 166.5082 ± 0.783 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 24, 2019
Sidereal period 3.51 a ± 0.0651 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.588 ± 0.081 km
Albedo 0.206 ± 0.023
Rotation period 10.430 h
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer NetherlandsNetherlands Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Date of discovery August 22, 1955
Another name 1955 QP 1 ; 1943 GC 1 ; 1955 SE; 1973 YD 1
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.

(2947) Kippenhahn ( 1955 QP 1 ; 1943 GC 1 ; 1955 SE ; 1973 YD 1 ) is an approximately eight kilometers large asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on August 22, 1955 by the Dutch astronomer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at the State Observatory in Heidelberg -Königstuhl was discovered on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).

designation

(2947) Kippenhahn was named after the Czechoslovak- German astronomer Rudolf Kippenhahn (* 1926), who was President of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Vice President of the International Astronomical Union .

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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 September 23, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1955 QP 1 . Discovered 1955 Aug. 22 by I. Groeneveld at Heidelberg. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2946) Muchachos numbering (2948) Amosov