(52295) Koppen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) was a Russian-German botanist-climatologist. He developed the most popular system, still used, for a vegetation-based classification of the climate in different regions, a subdivision of climates into five major types, all but one defined by temperature criteria.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Koppen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Koppen is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52295 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VK4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.95 km (#17,082 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.558 |
| Rotation period | 37.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 November 1990
- (5827) Letunov
- (5966) Tomeko
- (7469) Krikalev
- (7651) Villeneuve
- (8849) Brighton
- (8850) Bignonia
- (9176) Struchkova
- (9951) Tyrannosaurus
- (10092) Sasaki
- (10770) Belo Horizonte
- (10771) Ouro Preto
- (11051) Racine
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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