720 Bohlinia
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720 Bohlinia
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bohlinia |
| Designation | 1911 MW |
| Discovery | |
| Discoverer | Franz Kaiser |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1911 |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Orbital elements | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.014 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 2.888 AU |
| Perihelion (q) | 2.848 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) | 2.928 AU |
| Orbital period (P) | 4.908 a |
| Inclination (i) | 2.359° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 35.939° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 103.893° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 281.521° |
720 Bohlinia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
720 Bohlinia was discovered by Franz Kaiser, a German astronomer in 1911. It is named for Karl Petrus Theodor Bohlin, Swedish astronomer to mark his 65th birthday [[1]]
It is one of the Koronis family of asteroids. A group of astronomers, including Lucy d’Escoffier Crespo da Silva and Richard P. Binzel, used observations made between 1998 through 2000 to determine the spin-vector alignment of these asteroids. The collaborative work resulted in the creation of 61 new individual rotation lightcurves to augment previous published observations. [1]
Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micron) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Slivan, S. M., Binzel, R. P., Crespo da Silva, L. D., Kaasalainen, M., Lyndaker, M. M., Krco, M.: “Spin vectors in the Koronis family: comprehensive results from two independent analyses of 213 rotation lightcurves,”Icarus, 162, 2003, pp. 285-307.
- ^ Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
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