(5835) Main Franconia

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Asteroid
(5835) Mainfranken
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.206  AU
eccentricity 0.143
Perihelion - aphelion 2.749 AU - 3.663 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.9 °
Length of the ascending node 252.1 °
Argument of the periapsis 201.5 °
Sidereal period 5.74 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery September 21, 1992
Another name 1992 SP 24 , 1980 PP 3 , 1981 UH 29 , 1987 WC 4
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(5835) Mainfranken is an asteroid in the outer main belt that was discovered by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen on September 21, 1992 at the Tautenburg observatory ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .

The asteroid got its name from the Main Franconia region in the far northwest of Bavaria . It is located in the administrative district of Lower Franconia .

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