(683) Lanzia
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Asteroid (683) Lanzia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.114 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.054 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.945 AU - 3.283 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.5 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 259.8 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 283.8 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 26, 2012 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 181 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.9 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 83 km |
| Albedo | 0.15 |
| Rotation period | 8.6 h |
| Absolute brightness | 8.1 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | July 23, 1909 |
| Another name | 1909 HC, 1954 TZ |
| 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. | |
(683) Lanzia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 23, 1909 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the German industrialist Heinrich Lanz , who donated 4 million gold marks in his will for the promotion of science. A million of this went into the founding of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences .