110393 Rammstein
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110393 Rammstein is an asteroid
(officially a minor planet
) named after the German
NDH-Metal
band Rammstein
. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin
.
(110393) Rammstein is in a 4.46-year elliptical orbit around the sun ranging in distance from 370.0 million km (at perihelion, closest point to the sun) to 440.7 million km (at aphelion, furthest point from the sun).
The previous perihelion passage occurred on 2006 Aug. 29.4 UT.
The orbit is inclined by 12.1 degrees to the ecliptic plane (the plane of the Earth's orbit about the sun).
There is little information on the physical properties of (110393) Rammstein. Even its diameter is uncertain - a range of 3 to 6 km is probable.
A telescope is required to see this minor planet as its maximum brightness is some 1/48193 of the brightness of the faintest objects that can be seen with the unaided eye.
The Minor Planet Center
(MPC) which is responsible for the designation of minor bodies in the solar system, officially announced the naming of the minor planet in its circulars of February 23, 2006.
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...
(officially a minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
) named after the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
NDH-Metal
Neue Deutsche Härte
Neue Deutsche Härte is a genre of industrial metal. The term was invented by the German music press after the release of the debut album Herzeleid by Rammstein....
band Rammstein
Rammstein
Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...
. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin
Jean-Claude Merlin
Jean-Claude Merlin is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Société Astronomique de Bourgogne...
.
(110393) Rammstein is in a 4.46-year elliptical orbit around the sun ranging in distance from 370.0 million km (at perihelion, closest point to the sun) to 440.7 million km (at aphelion, furthest point from the sun).
The previous perihelion passage occurred on 2006 Aug. 29.4 UT.
The orbit is inclined by 12.1 degrees to the ecliptic plane (the plane of the Earth's orbit about the sun).
There is little information on the physical properties of (110393) Rammstein. Even its diameter is uncertain - a range of 3 to 6 km is probable.
A telescope is required to see this minor planet as its maximum brightness is some 1/48193 of the brightness of the faintest objects that can be seen with the unaided eye.
The Minor Planet Center
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
(MPC) which is responsible for the designation of minor bodies in the solar system, officially announced the naming of the minor planet in its circulars of February 23, 2006.
External links
- Further information about the observatory
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/special/rocknroll/0110393.html