11573 Helmholtz

Helmholtz
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel
Discovery site Tautenburg
Discovery date 20 September 1993
Designations
MPC designation 11573
Named after
Hermann von Helmholtz
1993 SK3
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 11862 days (32.48 yr)
Aphelion 4.12319 AU (616.820 Gm)
Perihelion 2.39387 AU (358.118 Gm)
3.25853 AU (487.469 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.265352
5.88 yr (2148.5 d)
247.054°
 10m 3.216s / day
Inclination 2.25058°
310.635°
127.717°
Earth MOID 1.40959 AU (210.872 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.17309 AU (175.492 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.122
Physical characteristics
13.2

    11573 Helmholtz (1993 SK3) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1993, by Freimut Börngen and Lutz D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[4]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
    2. "(11573) Helmholtz". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
    3. "11573 Helmholtz (1993 SK3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
    4. Roig; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; et al. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.

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