7687 Matthias
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery site | on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7687 |
| Alternative names[1] | 2099 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5347386 |
| Peri | 2.0045196 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1168074 |
| Orbital period | 1248.9088959 |
| Mean anomaly | 174.40226 |
| Inclination | 5.77854 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 199.18925 |
| Argument of peri | 333.24893 |
| Absolute magnitude | 14.1 |
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[edit] General
(7687) Matthias (2099 P-L) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.
[edit] Citation from the MPCs
Named in honor of Matthias Busch (b. 1968), amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim who has made a substantial contribution to the astrometry of minor planets. He is an ardent follow-up observer of near-earth objects and a keen developer of astronomical software. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.
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[edit] See also
- Asteroid belt
- Category:Asteroid groups and families
- Category:Asteroids
- List of asteroids
- List of asteroids named after important people
- List of asteroids named after places
- List of noteworthy asteroids
- Meanings of asteroid names
- Minor planet
- Minor Planet Center
- Pronunciation of asteroid names
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