(3499) Hoppe
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Asteroid (3499) Hoppe |
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| 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 |
| 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. | |
(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 .
Web links
- (3499) Hoppe at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- (3499) Hoppe in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).