(606) Brangäne

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Asteroid
(606) Brangäne
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Brangäne family
Major semi-axis 2.5873  AU
eccentricity 0.2198
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0187 AU - 3.1558 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.6206 °
Length of the ascending node 318.7159 °
Argument of the periapsis 57.3759 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 5th January 2015
Sidereal period 4.16 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.51 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter (35.5 ± 2.2) km
Albedo 0.0986
Rotation period 12.295 h
Absolute brightness 10.2 mag
Spectral class K SMASSII
history
Explorer August Kopff
Date of discovery September 18, 1906
Another name 1906 VB
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.

(606) Brangäne is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 18, 1906 by the German astronomer August Kopff at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024).

The asteroid is named after the Brangäne family.

It was named after a character from the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (606) Brangäne in the AstDyS-2 database (English)