(6842) Krosigk
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Asteroid (6842) Krosigk |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2,653 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.097 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.397 AU - 2.910 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.969 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 233.531 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 148.704 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.32 a (1579 days) |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.28 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 3016 PL , 1976 JF 8 , 1982 XB 4 , 1984 EF 2 , 5465 T-2 |
| 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. | |
(6842) Krosigk is an asteroid of the Main Belt .
Track properties
Its mean distance from the sun is around 2.653 astronomical units (AU) and is thus between the 3: 1 Kirkwood gap and the 5: 2 Kirkwood gap. With an average orbit speed of 18.28 km / s, it takes around 4 years and 117 days for a solar orbit . Due to an orbital eccentricity of around 0.097, its distance from the sun is between 2.397 AU and 2.910 AU. Its orbit speed fluctuates accordingly between 20.1 km / s and 16.6 km / s.
history
(6842) Krosigk was discovered on September 24, 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 .
Named the asteroid on 6 October 1997 at the suggestion of A. von Alvensleben and was Joachim Schubart after the German amateur astronomer Bernhard Friedrich von Krosigk .
See also
Web links
- (6842) Krosigk in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6842) Krosigk in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .