(7586) Bismarck

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Asteroid
(7586) Bismarck
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Dora family
Major semi-axis 2.7819  AU
eccentricity 0.1893
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2553 AU - 3.3084 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.8578 °
Sidereal period 4.64 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.85 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer Lutz D. Schmadel
Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery September 13, 1991
Another name 1991 RH 7 , 1986 RS 9
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(7586) Bismarck is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 13, 1991 by the German astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).

The asteroid was named in honor of the German politician and Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898).

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