Asteroid  (7687) Matthias



Citation aus dem MPC vom 08.12.98 (Seite 33387):

(7687) Matthias = 2099 P-L
     Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld
on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
     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.


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Orbit von (7687) Matthias
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(7687) Matthias 

Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Nakano
M  29.67013              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28810673     Peri.  333.48581     -0.99130825     -0.12728675
a   2.2703899      Node   199.28811     +0.13131960     -0.94209435
e   0.1162513      Incl.    5.77846     +0.00794500     -0.31025202
P   3.42           H   14.1           G   0.15           U   2
From 30 observations at 6 oppositions, 1953-1998, mean residual 0".90.
 
Last observed on 1998 Dec. 11. Elements from MPC 29908. 


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