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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels | |||||||||
| Discovery date | March 25, 1971 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9908 Aue | |||||||||
| Named after | Hartmann von Aue | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 2140 T-1, 1984 YJ6, 1991 HC3, 1998 SZ123 | |||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Ap | 3.052157211593745 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 2.74876033808799 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.90045877484086 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.0523015317675745 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1804.257305676249 d | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 215.3411767249796° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 2.48545325331787° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 43.21048493615079° | |||||||||
| Argument of peri | 24.9665530307365° | |||||||||
| Dimensions | ~17.8 km[1] | |||||||||
| Geometric albedo | ~0.01 | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 | |||||||||
9908 Aue is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.94 years.[2] It has been identified as a member of the Koronis family of asteroids.[3]
Discovered on March 25, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory using the Samuel Oschin telescope, it was given the provisional designation "2140 T-1". It was later renamed "Aue" after Hartmann von Aue, a German poet and participant in the Third Crusade.[4]
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