(4559) Strauss

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Asteroid
(4559) Strauss
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0236  AU
eccentricity 0.1022
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7144 AU - 3.3327 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.1457 °
Sidereal period 5.26 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.11 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 11 km
Absolute brightness 12.3 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery January 11, 1989
Another name 1989 AP 6 , 1972 YO, 1982 VW 12
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(4559) Strauss is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 11, 1989 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .

The asteroid was named after the Austrian music director and composer Johann Strauss (1825–1899).

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