3047 Goethe

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Goethe
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Orbit of 3047 Goethe
Discovery
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
MPC designation 3047
Named after
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
6091 P-L
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.7096549 AU
Perihelion 2.5752281 AU
2.6429502 AU
Eccentricity 0.0254361
4.3 years
353.18131°
Inclination 1.60945°
317.45923°
82.14522°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 12.12 km[1][lower-alpha 1]
12.7

3047 Goethe (6091 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. The asteroid will pass 7,440,000 km (0.0497 AU) from the much larger 29 Amphitrite on May 1, 2156 at a relative velocity of 1.6579 km/s.

Notes

  1. Assuming an albedo of 0.1

References

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