11573 Helmholtz
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| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel |
| Discovery site | Tautenburg |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1993 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 11573 |
| Named after | Hermann von Helmholtz |
| Alternative names | 1993 SK3 |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 4.1231 |
| Perihelion | 2.3719 |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24755 |
| Eccentricity | 0.269618 |
| Orbital period | 2137.62 |
| Mean anomaly | 170.201 |
| Inclination | 2.261 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 310.89 |
| Argument of perihelion | 128.082 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
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11573 Helmholtz (1993 SK3) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1993 by Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ↑ "(11573) Helmholtz". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ↑ Roig et al.; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
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