9344 Klopstock

9344 Klopstock
Discovery [1]
Discovered byF. Börngen
L. D. Schmadel
Discovery siteKarl Schwarzschild Obs.
Discovery date12 September 1991
Designations
(9344) Klopstock
Named after
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock [1] (German poet)
1991 RB4 · 1995 WK2
main-belt [1][2] · (inner)
background [3] · Vestian [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc26.35 yr (9,626 d)
Aphelion2.5711 AU
Perihelion2.1575 AU
2.3643 AU
Eccentricity0.0875
3.64 yr (1,328 d)
342.64°
0° 16m 15.96s / day
Inclination5.0293°
340.39°
156.40°
Physical characteristics
3.66 km (calculated)[4]
17.05±1.5 km[5]
5.842±0.0031 h[6]
0.0116±0.002[5]
0.20 (assumed)[4]
S (assumed)[4]
14.095±0.003 (R)[6]
14.2[2]
14.55[4]
14.86±0.14[7]

9344 Klopstock, provisional designation 1991 RB4, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 12 September 1991, by German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz Schmadel at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany. Poor observational data suggests that the asteroid is one of the darkest known objects with a diameter of approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles), while it is also an assumed stony asteroid with a much smaller diameter. It has a rotation period of 5.84 hours and was named after German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.[1][2][4]

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