- 1681 Steinmetz
Infobox Planet
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name = Steinmetz
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =Marguerite Laugier
discovery_site =Nice
discovered =November 23 ,1948
designations = yes
mp_name = 1681
alt_names = 1948 WE
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orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.2533933
perihelion = 2.1380499
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.2068729
period = 1616.6313283
avg_speed =
inclination = 7.22495
asc_node = 94.62868
mean_anomaly = 134.08856
arg_peri = 0.78024
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escape_velocity =
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spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 11.561681 Steinmetz (1948 WE) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onNovember 23 ,1948 byMarguerite Laugier atNice .According to a proposal by
Otto Kippes , who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomerJulius Steinmetz (1893-1965) fromGerolfingen .External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1681+Steinmetz JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1681 Steinmetz]
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