Discovered by K. Reinmuth Alternative names 1942 AA Discovered 14 January 1942 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth MPC designation 1556 | Discovery date 14 January 1942 Observation arc 74.01 yr (27033 days) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.7997873 AU (568.44009 Gm) Perihelion 3.0540727 AU (456.88277 Gm) Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea, 1111 Reinmuthia |
1556 Wingolfia (1942 AA) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1942, by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. The discoverer named it after the German Studentenverbindung Heidelberger Wingolf.
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