2234 Schmadel
asteroid
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Summary
2234 Schmadel is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Hans-Emil Schuster[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: European Southern Observatory[4], La Silla Observatory[5]
- Named after: Lutz D. Schmadel[6]
- Follows: 2233 Kuznetsov[7]
- Followed by: 2235 Vittore[8]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[9]
- Commons category: 2234 Schmadel[10]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[11]
- Provisional designation: 1972 GF1[12], 1977 HD[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: April 27, 1977[14]
- Asteroid spectral type: A-type asteroid[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.20[17], 0.1987997[18], 0.2014363980292876[19]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.2[20], 12.5[21]
- Orbital inclination: 25.23440 degree[22], 25.23376974970277 degree[23]
- Orbital period: 4.44 years[24], 1618.924253902788 day[25]
- Rotation period: 15.63 hour[26]
- Longitude of ascending node: 6.09997 degree[27], 6.035578451464361 degree[28]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.7009227 astronomical unit[29], 2.698269981019691 astronomical unit[30]
- Apoapsis: 3.238 astronomical unit[31], 3.241799766906852 astronomical unit[32]
- Periapsis: 2.1639801 astronomical unit[33], 2.15474019513253 astronomical unit[34]
- Argument of periapsis: 272.09795 degree[35], 271.9466698871857 degree[36]
- Mean anomaly: 149.56206 degree[37], 323.0030101282513 degree[38]
- Diameter: 9.473 km[39]
- Albedo: 0.284[40]
Why It Matters
2234 Schmadel is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]