(48681) Zeilinger
Asteroid (48681) Zeilinger |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4434 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1388 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1043 AU - 2.7826 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.4225 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 120.8401 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 27.7807 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.82 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.05 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
E. Meyer E. Obermair |
Date of discovery | January 21, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 BZ |
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. |
(48681) Zeilinger is an asteroid located in the main belt that was discovered on January 21, 1996 by the Austrian amateur astronomers E. Meyer and E. Obermair at the Davidschlag observatory ( IAU code 540, near Linz ).
The asteroid was on 7 April 2005 after the quantum physicist and university professor at the University of Vienna Anton Zeilinger named (* 1945), which is the Institute of Experimental Physics since 1999 University Professor at the University of Vienna and the Executive Board.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Zeilinger: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (48681) Zeilinger in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (48681) Zeilinger in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).