(5157) Hindemith
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Asteroid (5157) Hindemith |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| 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 |
| 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. | |
(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).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hindemith: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Hindemith in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5157) Hindemith in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).