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7266 Trefftz

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Trefftz
Discovery
Discovered byCornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar Observatory
Discovery date29 September 1973
Designations
7266
4270 T-2
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc15415 days (42.20 yr)
Aphelion2.7891561 AU (417.25181 Gm)
Perihelion2.1028912 AU (314.58805 Gm)
2.446024 AU (365.9200 Gm)
Eccentricity0.1402817
3.83 yr (1397.3 d)
154.25698°
0° 15m 27.504s / day
Inclination2.875805°
50.68863°
175.42674°
Earth MOID1.0927 AU (163.47 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.1892 AU (327.50 Gm)
TJupiter3.483
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