2005 Hencke

2005 Hencke
Discovery[1]
Discovered byP. Wild
Discovery siteZimmerwald Obs.
Discovery date2 September 1973
Designations
(2005) Hencke
Named after
Karl Ludwig Hencke
(German astronomer)[2]
1973 RA
main-belt · Eunomia[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc43.26 yr (15,802 days)
Aphelion3.0590 AU
Perihelion2.1826 AU
2.6208 AU
Eccentricity0.1672
4.24 yr (1,550 days)
91.087°
0° 13m 56.28s / day
Inclination12.220°
291.09°
110.87°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.369±0.174 km[4][5]
10.53 km (calculated)[3]
10.186±0.006 h[6]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.265±0.023[4][5]
S[3]
12.2[1][3][4] · 12.40±0.32[7]

2005 Hencke, provisional designation 1973 RA, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, on 2 September 1973.[8] The asteroid was named after German amateur astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke.[2]

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