1681 Steinmetz
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| 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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