7266 Trefftz

Trefftz
Discovery
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date 29 September 1973
Designations
MPC designation (7266) Trefftz
4270 T-2
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 15415 days (42.20 yr)
Aphelion 2.7891561 AU (417.25181 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1028912 AU (314.58805 Gm)
2.446024 AU (365.9200 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1402817
3.83 yr (1397.3 d)
154.25698°
0° 15m 27.504s / day
Inclination 2.875805°
50.68863°
175.42674°
Earth MOID 1.0927 AU (163.47 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.1892 AU (327.50 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.483
Physical characteristics
14.6

    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).[2][3]

    References

    1. ↑ "7266 Trefftz (4270 T-2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. ↑ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)–(10000), Minor Planet Center, retrieved 2011-12-16
    3. ↑ Dr. Eleonore Trefftz (PDF), TU Dresden, retrieved 2011-12-16


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