(6540) Stepling
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Asteroid (6540) Stepling |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1961 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1713 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8198 AU - 2.5723 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.6772 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.25 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.10 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | September 16, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 SL 1 , 1940 XB, 1940 YP |
| 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. | |
(6540) Stepling is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 16, 1982 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid was named after the German-Czech scholar and Jesuit Joseph Stepling (1716–1778), at whose request an observatory was set up at the Jesuit College Clementinum in Prague in 1751 , which he led as director.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Stepling: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Stepling in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6540) Stepling in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).