189202 Calar Alto

Summary

189202 Calar Alto is an asteroid^[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• 189202 Calar Alto is credited with the discovery of Felix Hormuth^[3].
• 189202 Calar Alto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 189202 Calar Alto's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heppenheim^[5].
• Calar Alto Observatory is named after 189202 Calar Alto^[6].
• 189202 Calar Alto followed (189201) 2003 RX14^[7].
• 189202 Calar Alto was followed by (189203) 2003 SL40^[8].
• 189202 Calar Alto's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 189202 Calar Alto's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 189202 Calar Alto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 189202 Calar Alto's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 SM15^[12].
• 189202 Calar Alto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 17, 2003^[13].
• 189202 Calar Alto's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 189202 Calar Alto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[15].
• 189202 Calar Alto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0641378331560191'}^[16].
• 189202 Calar Alto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[17].
• 189202 Calar Alto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.41'}^[18].
• 189202 Calar Alto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.6'}^[19].
• 189202 Calar Alto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.6084120612811'}^[20].
• 189202 Calar Alto's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2106.241519700287'}^[21].
• 189202 Calar Alto's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+198.4'}^[22].
• 189202 Calar Alto's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+198.2256920959021'}^[23].
• 189202 Calar Alto's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.21568249746251'}^[24].
• 189202 Calar Alto's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.421929404967492'}^[25].
• 189202 Calar Alto's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.009435589957529'}^[26].
• 189202 Calar Alto's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.0'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

189202 Calar Alto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Calar Alto Observatory is named after 189202 Calar Alto^[6].

Why It Matters

189202 Calar Alto is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]