1054 Forsytia

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1054 Forsytia
Discovery[2] and designation
Discovered by Karl William Reinmuth
Discovery date November 20, 1925
Designations
Alternative names[1] A907 EA; 1925 WD; 1962 DD
Minor planet
category
Main belt
Epoch April 10, 2007 (JD 2454200.5)
Aphelion 497.554 Gm (3.326 AU)
Perihelion 375.654 Gm (2.511 AU)
Semi-major axis 436.604 Gm (2.919 AU)
Eccentricity 0.140
Orbital period 1821.135 d (4.99 a)
Average orbital speed 17.35 km/s
Mean anomaly 134.413°
Inclination 10.864°
Longitude of ascending node 86.067°
Argument of perihelion 294.422°
Dimensions 45.5 km
Mass 9.9×1016? kg
Mean density 2.0? g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity 0.0127? m/s²
Equatorial escape velocity 0.0241? km/s
Sidereal rotation
period
0.3188 d (7.650 h)[2]
Axial tilt
Pole ecliptic latitude ?
Pole ecliptic longitude ?
Geometric albedo 0.0648±0.014[3]
Temperature ~164 K
Spectral type ?
Absolute magnitude 10.3

(1054) Forsytia is an asteroid discovered on 20 November 1925 by German astronomer Karl William Reinmuth in Heidelberg.

It is named after the Forsythia genus of flowering shrubs.

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  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Gross, J.; Minor Planet Bulletin, No. 30, pp. 44-46 (2003)
  3. ^ IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0

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