26074 Carlwirtz

Carlwirtz
Discovery
Discovered by H.-E. Schuster
Discovery site European Southern Observatory
Discovery date 8 October 1977
Designations
MPC designation (26074) Carlwirtz
Named after
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
1977 TD
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 13659 days (37.40 yr)
Aphelion 1.9720161 AU (295.00941 Gm)
Perihelion 1.6500368 AU (246.84199 Gm)
1.811026 AU (270.9256 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0888942
2.44 yr (890.20 d)
73.42328°
 24m 15.859s / day
Inclination 31.61026°
102.82223°
73.26621°
Earth MOID 0.753037 AU (112.6527 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 3.26138 AU (487.896 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.874
Physical characteristics
2.5493 h (0.10622 d)
14.9

    26074 Carlwirtz (1977 TD) is a Mars crossing binary asteroid discovered on 8 October 1977 by H.-E. Schuster at the European Southern Observatory. A moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid in 2013.[2]

    References

    1. "26074 Carlwirtz (1977 TD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    2. Johnston, Robert. "(26074) Carlwirtz". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 29 May 2015.


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