1681 Steinmetz
Discovery and designation | |
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Discovered by | Marguerite Laugier |
Discovery site | Nice |
Discovery date | November 23, 1948 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1681 |
1948 WE | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.2533933 |
Perihelion | 2.1380499 |
Eccentricity | 0.2068729 |
1616.6313283 | |
134.08856 | |
Inclination | 7.22495 |
94.62868 | |
0.78024 | |
Physical characteristics | |
11.56 | |
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1681 Steinmetz (1948 WE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.
According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965) from Gerolfingen.
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