Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1918 DR Aphelion 3.5632 AU (533.05 Gm) Discovered 31 May 1918 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 31 May 1918 Observation arc 97.87 yr (35747 days) Perihelion 2.8970 AU (433.39 Gm) Absolute magnitude 9.5 Discoverer Max Wolf | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 807 Ceraskia, 417 Suevia | ||
892 Seeligeria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on May 31, 1918 in Heidelberg and assigned a preliminary designation of 1918 DR. It was named after German astronomer Hugo Hans von Seeliger.
Photometric observations at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2007 were used to build a light curve for 892 Seeligeria. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 15.78 ± 0.04 hours and a brightness variation of 0.35 ± 0.07 in magnitude.
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