(42482) Fischer-Dieskau

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Asteroid
(42482) Fischer-Dieskau
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.3854  AU
eccentricity 0.2300
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8367 AU - 2.9341 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.4521 °
Length of the ascending node 7.5470 °
Argument of the periapsis 11.7543 °
Sidereal period 3.68 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.29 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.8 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery September 8, 1988
Another name 1988 RT 3 , 1999 RE 171
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.

(42482) Fischer-Dieskau is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 8, 1988 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in the Tautenburg Forest in Thuringia .

The asteroid belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa, which is also known as the Hertha family (after (135) Hertha ).

(42482) Fischer-Dieskau was named on January 6, 2003 after the German baritone , conductor , music writer and reciter Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012).

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Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (42482) Fischer-Dieskau in the AstDyS-2 database (English)