(43724) Pechstein

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Asteroid
(43724) Pechstein
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4758  AU
eccentricity 0.2297
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9070 AU - 3.0445 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.9873 °
Length of the ascending node 178.9129 °
Argument of the periapsis 179.1856 °
Sidereal period 3.90 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.93 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.7 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery October 29, 1975
Another name 1975 UY , 2000 AV 182 , 2001 HY 41
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.

(43724) Pechstein is an asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen on October 29, 1975 at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).

The orbit of the asteroid was secured in 2002 so that numbering could be assigned. (43724) Pechstein was named after the German painter Max Pechstein . The asteroid was named on November 20, 2002 at the suggestion of Freimut Börngen on November 20 of the same year.

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Individual evidence

  1. Small planets discovered on Tautenburger Platten on the website of Freimut Börngen