10628 Feuerbacher
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Name | |
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Name | Feuerbacher |
Designation | 1998 BD5 |
Discovery | |
Discoverer | OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey |
Discovery date | January 18, 1998 |
Orbital elements | |
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.1232469 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 3.1131986 AU |
Perihelion (q) | 2.7295065 AU |
Aphelion (Q) | 3.4968907 AU |
Orbital period (P) | 5.49 a |
Inclination (i) | 5.79289° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 149.08546° |
Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 116.20834° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 184.75375° |
10628 Feuerbacher is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2006.3591553 days (5.49 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on January 18, 1998. It was named after the scientist Prof. Dr. Berndt Feuerbacher, former director of the institute of space simulation at the German Aerospace Center, on occasion of his retirement in June 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.