(5108) Lübeck

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Asteroid
(5108) Lübeck
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Vesta family
Major semi-axis 2.3050  AU
eccentricity 0.1098
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0520 AU - 2.5580 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.4328 °
Length of the ascending node 327.5350 °
Argument of the periapsis 77.8529 °
Sidereal period 3.50 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 8.769 h
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
Spectral class SMASSII  : S.
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery August 21, 1987
Another name 1987 QG 2 , 1952 RP, 1952 AQ 1 , 1989 CU
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.

(5108) Lübeck is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 August 1987 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Vesta family, a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.

(5108) Lübeck was named after the German composer of the Baroque Vincent Lübeck named (1654-1740), whose work of the North German organ school was associated.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (5108) Lübeck in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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