Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | G. A. Plyugin and Yu. A. Belyaev |
Discovery site | Cerro El Roble |
Discovery date | July 24, 1968 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 7450 Shilling |
Named after | Pavel Schilling |
Alternate name(s) | 1968 OZ, 1993 GF |
Ap | 3.0547413 AU |
Peri | 2.1819633 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.6183523 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1666655 |
Orbital period | 4.24 yrs. |
Mean anomaly | 213.67152 deg. |
Inclination | 27.42429 deg. |
Longitude of ascending node | 67.85738 deg. |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 mag |
7450 Shilling is a Main-belt asteroid discovered by G. A. Plyugin and Yu. A. Belyaev at Cerro El Roble on July 24, 1968. The asteroid is named for Pavel L´vovich Shilling, a Russian inventor who invented a useful electric telegraph for practical use. He also investigated the origin of various Asian languages.
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