7687 Matthias
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery site | on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 7687 |
| 2099 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.5347386 |
| Perihelion | 2.0045196 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1168074 |
| 1248.9088959 | |
| 174.40226 | |
| Inclination | 5.77854 |
| 199.18925 | |
| 333.24893 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.1 | |
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
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