7103 Wichmann
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Discovery and designation | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | April 7, 1953 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (7103) 1953 GH |
Alternative names | 1953 GN1, 1991 PS18 |
Minor planet category | main belt asteroid |
Orbital characteristics | |
Aphelion | 3.2565385 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7703467 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.0134426 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0806705 AU |
Orbital period | 5.23 yrs. |
Mean anomaly | 124.38768 deg. |
Inclination | 10.14591 deg. |
Longitude of ascending node | 183.66725 deg. |
Physical characteristics | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 mag |
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7103 Wichmann (provisional designation: 1953 GH) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in Heidelberg, Germany, on April 7, 1953. It is named for Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann a 19th-century German astronomer specializing in minor planet observation.
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