(3338) Judges

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Asteroid
(3338) Judge
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.14677  AU
eccentricity 0.169395
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7831 AU - 2.5104 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.735 °
Sidereal period 3.15 a
Mean orbital velocity 20.33 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.08 km
Albedo 0.1
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery October 28, 1973
Another name 1973 UX5
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.

(3338) Richter is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt that was discovered on October 28, 1973 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Thuringia .

The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Nikolaus Richter , director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory from 1960 to 1975.

See also

Web links

  • (3338) Judge in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).