837 Schwarzschilda

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837 Schwarzschilda
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date September 23, 1916
Designations
Alternative names 1916 AG
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 2.393 AU
Perihelion 2.205 AU
Semi-major axis 2.299 AU
Eccentricity 0.041
Orbital period 3.485 a
Mean anomaly 170.840°
Inclination 6.729°
Longitude of ascending node 200.140°
Argument of perihelion 172.462°

    837 Schwarzschilda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, which was discovered in September 1916. It is named after Karl Schwarzschild, a physicist and astronomer who had died earlier that year.[1]

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    Meanings of minor planet names: 501–1000

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