1691 Oort

Infobox Planet
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name = Oort
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = K. and Groeneveld Reinmuth
discovery_site = Heidelberg
discovered = September 09, 1956
designations = yes
mp_name = 1691
alt_names = 1956 RB
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epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.7041652
perihelion = 2.6331262
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.1690058
period = 2060.1978362
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inclination = 1.07707
asc_node = 174.65986
mean_anomaly = 5.89751
arg_peri = 232.63108
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abs_magnitude = 10.95

1691 Oort (1956 RB) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 09, 1956 by K. and Groeneveld Reinmuth at Heidelberg. It was named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1691+Oort JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1691 Oort]