Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | ODAS |
Discovery site | Caussols |
Discovery date | December 7, 1997 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 10908 |
Alternate name(s) | 1997 XH9 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.6092004 |
Peri | 2.4811726 |
Eccentricity | 0.1852149 |
Orbital period | 1940.9720215 |
Mean anomaly | 106.81396 |
Inclination | 3.56150 |
Longitude of ascending node | 54.32799 |
Argument of peri | 337.11905 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
10908 Kallestroetzel (1997 XH9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1997 by ODAS at Caussols. The asteroid was named to honor Karl-Heinz Stroetzel of the DLR Institute of Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration at his retirement.[1]