(3499) Hoppe

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Asteroid
(3499) Hoppe
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.108  AU
eccentricity 0.173
Perihelion - aphelion 2.571 AU - 3.645 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.229 °
Sidereal period 5.48 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.6 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery 3rd November 1981
Another name 1981 VW 1
1979 KT
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(3499) Hoppe is an asteroid that was discovered on November 3, 1981 by Freimut Börngen and K. Kirsch from the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg . Alternative names for the asteroid are 1981 VW 1 and 1979 KT.

The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Johannes Hoppe (* 1907) who became professor of astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena in 1959 .

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