(7734) Kaltenegger
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Asteroid (7734) Kaltenegger |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3690 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2139 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8623 AU - 2.8757 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8719 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 248.7382 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 101.3140 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.65 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eleanor Helin , scolding John Bus |
| Date of discovery | June 25, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 MZ 6 , 1972 TJ 6 |
| 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. | |
(7734) Kaltenegger (provisional name: 1979 MZ6) is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered by Eleanor Francis Helin and Scolding John Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran , Australia on June 25, 1979.
The asteroid is named after the Austrian astronomer and astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger , who discovered and researched exoplanets at Cornell University and previously at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg and at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Boston and super-earths busy.