7687 Matthias

Matthias
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Discovery site on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
MPC designation 7687
2099 P-L
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.5347386
Perihelion 2.0045196
Eccentricity 0.1168074
1248.9088959
174.40226
Inclination 5.77854
199.18925
333.24893
Physical characteristics
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    General

    (7687) Matthias (2099 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.

    Citation from the MPCs

    Named in honor of Matthias Busch (b. 1968), amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim who has made a substantial contribution to the astrometry of minor planets. He is an ardent follow-up observer of near-earth objects and a keen developer of astronomical software. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.

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