(48782) Fierz
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Asteroid (48782) Fierz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7395 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1514 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3246 AU - 3.1544 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.6414 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 164.0144 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 105.6218 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.53 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.501 ± 0.144 km |
| Albedo | 0.228 ± 0.039 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | L. Šarounová |
| Date of discovery | September 20, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 SP , 2000 DU 38 |
| 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. | |
(48782) Fierz is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 20, 1997 by the Czech astronomer Lenka Kotková at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) south of Prague .
The asteroid was named on April 9, 2009 after the Swiss educator and translator Olga Fierz (1900–1990) who, together with Přemysl Pitter, saved German and Jewish children in Prague after the Second World War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Fierz: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (48782) Fierz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (48782) Fierz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).