619 Triberga
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619 Triberga is a main belt asteroid
discovered on October 22, 1906 by August Kopff
at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
. Since it has an orbit that repeats itself almost exactly every four years in respect to the position of the Sun and Earth it has been suggested as a way to calculate the mass of the moon. Triberga was named for the German town of Triberg
.
Since it has an absolute magnitude
of 9.9, it is roughly 43 km in diameter. It has an opposition
apparent magnitude
of 13.5.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on October 22, 1906 by August Kopff
August Kopff
August Kopff was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids. He worked in Heidelberg, then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the...
at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
. Since it has an orbit that repeats itself almost exactly every four years in respect to the position of the Sun and Earth it has been suggested as a way to calculate the mass of the moon. Triberga was named for the German town of Triberg
Triberg im Schwarzwald
Triberg im Schwarzwald is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in the Black Forest. As of 2004 it has a population of 5,377. Triberg lies in the middle of the Black Forest between 500 and 1038 metres above sea level....
.
Since it has an absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...
of 9.9, it is roughly 43 km in diameter. It has an opposition
Opposition (astronomy)
In positional astronomy, two celestial bodies are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the sky, viewed from a given place . In particular, two planets are in opposition to each other when their ecliptic longitudes differ by 180°.The astronomical symbol for opposition is ☍...
apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...
of 13.5.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java)