9909 Eschenbach

9909 Eschenbach

Orbit of 9909 Eschenbach (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date 26 March 1971
Designations
MPC designation 9909 Eschenbach
Named after
Wolfram von Eschenbach
4355 T-1, 1969 VD2, 1994 RW4
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 16680 days (45.67 yr)
Aphelion 2.7342612 AU (409.03965 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9615450 AU (293.44296 Gm)
2.3479031 AU (351.24130 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1645545
3.60 yr (1314.1 d)
316.12164°
 16m 26.248s / day
Inclination 4.323807°
147.17419°
240.26650°
Earth MOID 0.968448 AU (144.8778 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.71625 AU (406.345 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.538
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~23.4 km[2]
~0.01
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
13.8

    9909 Eschenbach is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.60 years.[1]

    Discovered on March 26, 1971 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 "4355 T-1". It was later renamed "Eschenbach" after Wolfram von Eschenbach, a medieval poet.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "9909 Eschenbach (4355 T-1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Tedesco E.F.; Noah P.V.; Noah M.; Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
    3. MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center

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