(6808) Plantin
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Asteroid (6808) Plantin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2477 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0940 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0363 AU - 2.4591 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.5636 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 21.8584 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 194.7804 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 12, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.86 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.360 km (± 0.062) |
| Albedo | 0.289 (± 0.028) |
| Rotation period | 5.82 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | February 5, 1932 |
| Another name | 1932 CP , 1993 HQ |
| 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. | |
(6808) Plantin is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on February 5, 1932 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024) on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named on August 28, 1996 after the French-Flemish printer and publisher Christoffel Plantijn (~ 1520–1589), who was one of the most productive and influential representatives of his guild in the 16th century.
See also
Web links
- (6808) Plantin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6808) Plantin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Asteroid Plantin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA