(6107) Osterbrock

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Asteroid
(6107) Osterbrock
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 1.8656  AU
eccentricity 0.0828
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7111 AU - 2.0200 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 26.224 °
Sidereal period 2.548 a
Mean orbital velocity 21.81 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 14.01 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer C. A. Wirtanen
Date of discovery January 14, 1948
Another name 1948 AF, 1990 VF 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.

(6107) Easter Brock is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 January 1948 by the American astronomer Carl A. Wirtanen at Lick Observatory was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the US astrophysicist Donald Edward Osterbrock .

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