7687 Matthias
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery site | on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| (7687) Matthias | |
| 2099 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22811 days (62.45 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5324560 AU (378.85003 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0079622 AU (300.38687 Gm) |
| 2.270209 AU (339.6184 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1155166 |
| 3.42 yr (1249.4 d) | |
| 261.07109° | |
| 0° 17m 17.308s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.776593° |
| 199.13402° | |
| 333.33193° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.01449 AU (151.766 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.4405 AU (365.09 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.598 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.2 | |
General
(7687) Matthias (2099 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960, by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.
Citation from the MPCs
Named in honor of Matthias Busch (b. 1968), amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim who has made a substantial contribution to the astrometry of minor planets. He is an ardent follow-up observer of near-earth objects and a keen developer of astronomical software. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.
See also
References
- ^ "7687 Matthias (2099 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
