1682 Karel
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | August 2, 1949 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1682 |
| Named after | Karel van Houten |
| Alternative names | 1949 PH |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.6672978 |
| Perihelion | 1.8100646 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1914594 |
| Orbital period | 1223.4516514 |
| Mean anomaly | 186.41747 |
| Inclination | 4.02839 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 325.83830 |
| Argument of perihelion | 9.64667 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
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1682 Karel (1949 PH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1949 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It was named after Karel van Houten, son of Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld.[1]
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References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin: Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International Astronomical Union. p. 134. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
- Behrend, R. (2008) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
- Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.
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