(3099) Hergenrother
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Asteroid (3099) Hergenrother |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8782 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2042 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2904 AU - 3.4660 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.4669 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,883 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.56 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 15 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 24.266 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Date of discovery | April 3, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 GF, 1969 EF 1 , 1972 VV, 1979 KE, 1980 NT, 1984 HB, 1984 JG |
| 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. | |
(3099) Hergenrother is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 3, 1940 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the American astronomer Carl W. Hergenrother .