Discovery date 24 September 1960 Observation arc 22811 days (62.45 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 2099 P-L Discovered 24 September 1960 Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 7687 | |
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Aphelion 2.5324560 AU (378.85003 Gm) Perihelion 2.0079622 AU (300.38687 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld People also search for Sun, 9511 Klingsor, 11767 Milne | ||
General
(7687) Matthias (2099 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.
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Citation from the MPCs
Named in honor of Matthias Busch (b. 1968), amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim who has made a substantial contribution to the astrometry of minor planets. He is an ardent follow-up observer of near-earth objects and a keen developer of astronomical software. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.
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