(5177) Hugowolf
Asteroid (5177) Hugowolf |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3383 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1306 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0329 AU - 2.6437 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6808 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 301.2045 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 284.2186 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.58 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.47 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 3.6496 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | January 10, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 AY 6 , 1990 OA 4 |
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. |
(5177) Hugowolf is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 10, 1989 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 Austrian- Slovenian composer and music critic Hugo Wolf (1860–1903).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hugowolf: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Hugowolf in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5177) Hugowolf in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).