(4559) Strauss
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Asteroid (4559) Strauss |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| 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 |
| 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. | |
(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).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Strauss: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4559) Strauss in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (4559) Strauss in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).