(6842) Krosigk

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( 6842 ) Krosigk is an asteroid of the main belt.

Web properties

Its mean distance from the sun is about 2.653 astronomical units ( AU) and thus lies between the 3:1 Kirkwood gap and the 5:2 Kirkwood gap. With an average train speed of 18.28 km / s he needs for a solar circulation around 4 years and 117 days. Through an orbital eccentricity of approximately 0,097 to its distance from the sun moved between 2,397 and 2,910 AE AE. According to its web speed fluctuates between 20.1 km / s and 16.6 km / s

History

( 6842 ) Krosigk was discovered on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery came as part of the Palomar - Leiden Survey, which recorded by Tom Gehrels with the 120 - inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory field plates at Leiden University were screened.

The asteroid was named on 6 October 1997 at the suggestion of A. von Alvensleben and Joachim Schubart after the German amateur astronomer Bernhard Friedrich von Krosigk.

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