(3707) Schroter
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Asteroid (3707) Schröter |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6149 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1583 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2008 AU - 3.0289 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.5655 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 281.2766 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 143.3539 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.23 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | February 5, 1934 |
| Another name | 1934 CC , 1975 XW 2 , 1983 RF 3 |
| 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. | |
(3707) Schröter is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 5, 1934 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024).
The asteroid was named on the occasion of his retirement after the German solar astronomer and director of the Freiburg Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics Egon Horst Schröter (1928–2002).