Discovery date 30 September 1973 Alternative names 3181 T-2, 2115 T-1 Discovered 30 September 1973 Discovery site Palomar Observatory | MPC designation 9910 Vogelweide Observation arc 16210 days (44.38 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Aphelion 2.9669330 AU (443.84686 Gm) Named after Walther von der Vogelweide Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld People also search for Sun, 9511 Klingsor, 11767 Milne | ||
9910 Vogelweide is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.87 years.
Discovered on September 30, 1973 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 "3181 T-2". It was later renamed "Vogelweide" after Walther von der Vogelweide, a German minstrel of the thirteenth century.
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