(3941) Haydn

Asteroid (3941) Haydn
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Koronis family
Major semi-axis	2.9282 AU
eccentricity	0.0225
Perihelion - aphelion	2.8622 AU - 2.9943 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.6649 °
Length of the ascending node	185.3389 °
Argument of the periapsis	289.9051 °
Sidereal period	5.01 a
Mean orbital velocity	17.39 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.0 likes
history
Explorer	Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery	October 27, 1973
Another name	1973 UU ₅ , 1978 TQ ₂
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(3941) Haydn is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 27, 1973 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

The asteroid was named after the Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), who was a leading exponent of the Viennese classical music and who composed the hymn in 1797, which served as the hymn of the Austrian emperors until the end of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1918 and which was created in 1841 Text of the song of the Germans today with the third stanza of which serves as the German national anthem .

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