7266 Trefftz
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 29 September 1973 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 7266 |
| 4270 T-2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15415 days (42.20 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.7891561 AU (417.25181 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1028912 AU (314.58805 Gm) |
| 2.446024 AU (365.9200 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1402817 |
| 3.83 yr (1397.3 d) | |
| 154.25698° | |
| 0° 15m 27.504s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.875805° |
| 50.68863° | |
| 175.42674° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0927 AU (163.47 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.1892 AU (327.50 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.483 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.6 | |
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7266 Trefftz (4270 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the mathematician and physicist Eleonore Trefftz (born in Aachen in 1920).[2][3]
References
- ↑ "7266 Trefftz (4270 T-2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)–(10000), Minor Planet Center, retrieved 2011-12-16
- ↑ Dr. Eleonore Trefftz (PDF), TU Dresden, retrieved 2011-12-16
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