Discovery date 24 September 1960 Alternative names 6091 P-L Discovered 24 September 1960 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | MPC designation 3047 Observation arc 20019 days (54.81 yr) Inclination 1.610589° Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
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Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels Aphelion 2.7158966 AU (406.29235 Gm) Named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
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.
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