Discovered by H.-E. Schuster Alternative names 1977 TD Discovered 8 October 1977 Discoverer Hans-Emil Schuster Discovery site La Silla Observatory MPC designation 26074 | Discovery date 8 October 1977 Observation arc 13659 days (37.40 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Carl Wilhelm Wirtz Asteroid group Mars-crosser asteroid | |
Aphelion 1.9720161 AU (295.00941 Gm) Perihelion 1.6500368 AU (246.84199 Gm) | ||
26074 Carlwirtz (1977 TD) is a Mars crossing binary asteroid discovered on October 8, 1977 by H.-E. Schuster at the European Southern Observatory. A moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid in 2013.
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