7266 Trefftz
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1973 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 7266 |
| 4270 T-2 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.7914133 |
| Perihelion | 2.0981739 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1417787 |
| 1396.2453025 | |
| 154.02449 | |
| Inclination | 2.88161 |
| 50.74381 | |
| 174.34633 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.0 | |
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7266 Trefftz (4270 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the mathematician and physicist Eleonore Trefftz (born in Aachen in 1920).[1][2]
References
- ↑ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)–(10000), Minor Planet Center, retrieved 2011-12-16
- ↑ Dr. Eleonore Trefftz, TU Dresden, retrieved 2011-12-16