(48480) Falk
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Asteroid (48480) Falk |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1775 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1651 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6529 AU - 3.7022 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.4537 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 94.5725 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 7.3156 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 1, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 5.66 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.70 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.089 ± 0.906 km |
| Albedo | 0.319 ± 0.198 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | December 28, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 YK 1 , 1998 CJ |
| 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. | |
(48480) Falk is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on December 28, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The heavenly body was named on May 1, 2003 after the German lay theologian , writer and hymn poet Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), who is considered to be the founder of the rescue house movement and youth social work .
See also
Web links
- (48480) Falk in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (48480) Falk in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (48480) Falk according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)