(8853) Gerdlehmann

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Asteroid
(8853) Gerdlehmann
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Duponta family
Major semi-axis 2.2727  AU
eccentricity 0.0917
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0643 AU - 2.4810 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.3030 °
Length of the ascending node 46.7179 °
Sidereal period 3.43 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.75 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.6 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery April 9, 1991
Another name 1991 GC 10 , 1989 TF 3
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(8853) Gerdlehmann is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 9, 1991 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .

The asteroid was named on December 8, 1998 after the German amateur astronomer Gerhard Lehmann (* 1960) who, together with Jens Kandler , evaluated the photo plates made at the Drebach observatory in Saxony .

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