7167 Laupheim

Laupheim
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date 12 October 1985
Designations
MPC designation 7167 Laupheim
Named after
Laupheim
1985 TD3; 1991 VR4
Main Belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 11141 days (30.50 yr)
Aphelion 3.7768 AU (565.00 Gm)
Perihelion 2.4827 AU (371.41 Gm)
3.1297 AU (468.20 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.20673
5.54 yr (2022.4 d)
16.82 km/s
137.54°
 10m 40.836s / day
Inclination 23.470°
219.58°
181.58°
Earth MOID 1.48978 AU (222.868 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.64813 AU (246.557 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.055
Physical characteristics
7.0405 h (0.29335 d)
12.0

    7167 Laupheim[2] is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered in 1985 at the Palomar Observatory by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker.

    After visiting the public observatory in Laupheim, southern Germany, in 1998, Carolyn Shoemaker was so impressed with the work done at this institution that 1985 TD3 was named Laupheim on 4 May 1999, in honor of Robert Clausen and his team.[3] Clausen founded an association of amateur astronomers in 1975 which organized traveling astronomical exhibitions and numerous international astrofests. Since 1990 Clausen and his coworkers have also been running a Zeiss planetarium and observatory.[4]

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