(7623) Stamitz

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Asteroid
(7623) Stamitz
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1868  AU
eccentricity 0.1167
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8148 AU - 3.5587 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.3718 °
Length of the ascending node 96.2515 °
Argument of the periapsis 94.6156 °
Sidereal period 5.69 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.70 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery October 17, 1960
Another name 9508 PL , 1986 ED 1 , 1992 JR 2
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(7623) Stamitz is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 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) .

It was named on October 16, 1997 after the Bohemian composer and violinist Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), who led the court orchestra of Elector Karl Theodor von der Pfalz from 1743 and who is considered the founder of the famous Mannheim School .

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