1780 Kippes
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| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1906 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1780 |
| Named after | Otto Kippes |
| Alternative names | A906 RA |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1667537 |
| Perihelion | 2.8685201 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0494151 |
| Orbital period | 1914.6918615 |
| Mean anomaly | 234.27391 |
| Inclination | 8.97752 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 291.41188 |
| Argument of perihelion | 334.28008 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1212 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.68 |
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1780 Kippes (A906 RA) is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered on September 12, 1906, by A. Kopff at Heidelberg. It was named after German amateur astronomer Otto Kippes, acknowledged for his work in asteroid orbit calculations.[1]
References
- ↑ Lehmann, Gerhard; Jens Kandler, André Knöfel (27 October 2004). "Amateurastronomen am Sternenhimmel". Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
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