Discovery date 26 March 1971 Observation arc 16680 days (45.67 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | MPC designation 9909 Eschenbach Discovered 26 March 1971 Named after Wolfram von Eschenbach Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Alternative names 4355 T-1, 1969 VD2, 1994 RW4 Aphelion 2.7342612 AU (409.03965 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld People also search for Sun, 9511 Klingsor, 11767 Milne | ||
9909 Eschenbach is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.60 years.
Discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels with the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "4355 T-1". It was later renamed "Eschenbach" after Wolfram von Eschenbach, a medieval poet.
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