(5820) Babelsberg

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Asteroid
(5820) Babelsberg
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,455  AU
eccentricity 0.11
Perihelion - aphelion 2.184 AU - 2.726 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.5 °
Length of the ascending node 51.2 °
Argument of the periapsis 228.9 °
Sidereal period 1405 d
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer F. Börngen
Date of discovery October 23, 1989
Another name 1989 UF 7 , 1976 GY 4 ,
1985 WP 7
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(5820) Babelsberg is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on October 23, 1989 by Freimut Börngen in the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg . It was named after the Babelsberg district of Potsdam , because the Berlin observatory , where the planet Neptune was discovered in 1846 , moved there in 1913 due to the poor visibility in Berlin .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. (5820) Babelsberg at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)