9910 Vogelweide

9910 Vogelweide

Orbit of 9910 Vogelweide (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery and designation
Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date September 30, 1973
Designations
MPC designation 9910 Vogelweide
Named after
Walther von der Vogelweide
3181 T-2, 2115 T-1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch October 27, 2007
Aphelion 2.9557028 AU
Perihelion 2.7866602 AU
2.8711815 AU
Eccentricity 0.0294378
1777.0080920 d
322.75616°
Inclination 3.36865°
95.23738°
306.78007°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~23.4 km[1]
~0.01
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
14.0

    9910 Vogelweide is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.87 years.[2]

    Discovered on September 30, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels with the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "3181 T-2". It was later renamed "Vogelweide" after Walther von der Vogelweide, a German minstrel of the thirteenth century.[3]

    References

    1. Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
    2. "9910 Vogelweide (3181 T-2)". Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
    3. MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center