(6428) Barlach
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Asteroid (6428) Barlach |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5798 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0723 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3934 AU - 2.7663 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.2183 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 307.6590 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 90.7167 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.14 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.54 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 17, 1960 |
| Another name | 3513 PL , 1933 DA, 1974 DP 2 , 1976 OC 1 , 1989 SZ 12 , 1993 TP 39 |
| 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. | |
(6428) Barlach is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .
The asteroid was named after the German sculptor , writer and draftsman Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), who is particularly known for his wooden sculptures and bronzes .
See also
Web links
- (6428) Barlach in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- Asteroid Barlach in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (6428) Barlach according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)