670 Ottegebe Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
670 Ottegebe
Mpc Name:(670) Ottegebe
Alt Names:1908 DR
Discovered:20 August 1908
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.19406
Semimajor:2.8026AU
Perihelion:2.2587AU
Aphelion:3.3465abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:4.69 yr (1713.7 d)
Inclination:7.5354°
Asc Node:174.687°
Arg Peri:195.276°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:108.91 yr (39781 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:9.4
Rotation:10.045abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

670 Ottegebe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2007 lightcurve data showed that Ottegebe rotates every 10.041 ± 0.002 hours.[2] The name refers to a character in Gerhardt Hauptmann's play Der arme Heinrich. It is orbiting close to a 5:2 mean motion resonance with Jupiter, which is located at .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 670 Ottegebe (1908 DR) . . . 5 May 2016.
  2. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MPBu...34...13B Buchheim, Robert K. – Lightcurves for 122 Gerda, 217 Eudora, 631 Phillipina, 670 Ottegebe, and 972 Cohnia (2007)