(5173) Stjerneborg

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Asteroid
(5173) Stjerneborg
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6582  AU
eccentricity 0.1933
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1445 AU - 3.1719 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.7502 °
Length of the ascending node 176.1371 °
Argument of the periapsis 328.6842 °
Sidereal period 4.33 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.27 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer Poul Jensen
Date of discovery March 13, 1988
Another name 1988 EM 1 , 1975 EU 5 , 1986 VY 1
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.

(5173) Stjerneborg is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 March 1988 by the Danish astronomer Poul Jensen at Brorfelde Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 054).

The asteroid was named on April 7, 2005 after the Stjerneborg , the largely underground observatory of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe .

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