7266 Trefftz
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
Discovery date | 29 September 1973 |
Designations | |
7266 | |
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) |
TJupiter | 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
- ^ "7266 Trefftz (4270 T-2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)–(10000), Minor Planet Center, retrieved 2011-12-16
- ^ Dr. Eleonore Trefftz (PDF), TU Dresden, retrieved 2011-12-16
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