788 Hohensteina

788 Hohensteina

Discovery [1]
Discovered by	Franz Kaiser
Discovery site	Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Discovery date	28 April 1914
Designations
MPC designation	788
Named after	Hohenstein
Alternative names	1914 UR
Minor planet category	Main belt [2]
Orbital characteristics [2][3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	101.75 yr (37166 d)
Aphelion	3.54161 AU (529.817 Gm)
Perihelion	2.71025 AU (405.448 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.12593 AU (467.632 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.132977
Orbital period	5.53 yr (2018.7 d)
Mean anomaly	172.396°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 42.002^s / day
Inclination	14.3373°
Longitude of ascending node	177.840°
Argument of perihelion	48.4689°
Earth MOID	1.72663 AU (258.300 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.50036 AU (224.451 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.153
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	51.84±1.7 km [2][4]
Rotation period	37.176 ± 0.004 hours [5] 29.94 h (1.248 d) [2]
Geometric albedo	0.0787 ± 0.005 [4]
Spectral type	C [6]
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.3 [7] 8.7 [2]

788 Hohensteina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1914, by Franz Kaiser at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.^[1] Named for castle Hohenstein located in the Taunus mountains.^[8]

References

1. "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
2. "788 Hohensteina (1914 UR)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. "(788) Hohensteina". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
4. Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
5. Oey; et al. (2008). "Lightcurve Analysis of 788 Hohensteina". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 148. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..148O.
6. Neese (2005). "Asteroid Taxonomy". EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V5.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
7. Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
8. Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 74. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2008-12-27.

External links

• 788 Hohensteina at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters