(5157) Hindemith

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Asteroid
(5157) Hindemith
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.2121  AU
eccentricity 0.1476
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7382 AU - 3.6861 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.2018 °
Length of the ascending node 299.1496 °
Argument of the periapsis 65.5886 °
Sidereal period 5.76 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 14 km
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery October 27, 1973
Another name 1973 UB 5 , 1962 WG 2
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(5157) Hindemith is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on October 27, 1973 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in the Tautenburg Forest in Thuringia .

The asteroid was named after the German composer of contemporary Paul Hindemith named (1895-1963).

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