7100 Martin Luther
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Tom Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
Discovery date | September 29, 1973 |
Designations | |
7100 | |
Named after | Martin Luther |
1360 T-2 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.1174529 |
Perihelion | 2.6171437 |
Eccentricity | 0.0872440 |
1773.4041690 | |
91.94904 | |
Inclination | 1.26430 |
201.38758 | |
112.33153 | |
Physical characteristics | |
14.0 | |
7100 Martin Luther (1360 T-2) is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory. It is named for German theologian and religious reformer Martin Luther.
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