(7625) Louisspohr
Asteroid (7625) Louisspohr |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.7945 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2389 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1268 AU - 3.4623 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.2406 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 193.0021 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 131.4681 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.67 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.80 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 9.489 ± 0.086 km |
Albedo | 0.064 ± 0.018 |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 29th September 1973 |
Another name | 2150 T-2 , 1968 ON, 1987 RQ 3 |
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. |
(7625) Louisspohr is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery happened during the second Trojan survey , during which Tom Gehrels surveyed 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 after the German composer , conductor , singing teacher , organizer of music festivals and violinist Louis Spohr (1784-1859), who enjoyed international reputation and, alongside the Italian Niccolò Paganini, was one of the greatest violinists of his time.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Louisspohr: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Louisspohr in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7625) Louisspohr in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).