(6841) Gottfriedkirch
Asteroid (6841) Gottfriedkirch |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2787 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1355 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9699 AU - 2.5876 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.6699 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 271.6663 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 283.3633 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.44 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.73 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2034 PL , 1954 YQ, 1954 PX 33 |
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. |
(6841) Gottfriedkirch is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made 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 ( IAU code 675) .
The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), who worked as a schoolmaster and calendar maker until he became the first astronomer in Berlin on May 10, 1700 by Elector Friedrich III. (later King Friedrich I of Prussia) founded the Electoral Brandenburg Society of Sciences .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gottfriedkirch: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (6841) Gottfriedkirch in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (6841) Gottfriedkirch in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).