1119 Euboea

1119 Euboea[1]
Discovery
Discovered by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg
Discovery date October 27, 1927
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB
Aphelion 3.0111386 AU
Perihelion 2.2123516 AU
Semi-major axis 2.6117451 AU
Eccentricity 0.1529221
Orbital period 1541.6812805 d (4.22 a)
Mean anomaly 71.10354°
Inclination 7.86712°
Longitude of ascending node 57.47992°
Argument of perihelion 229.06006°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 31.49 km
Albedo 0.0590
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.20

1119 Euboea is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on October 27, 1927 at Heidelberg, Germany. Its provisional designation was 1927 UB. It was named for Euboea, or Negropont, the largest island of Greece in the Aegean.[2] The asteroid is 31½ kilometers in diameter and completes one revolution around the Sun in about 4 years.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1119. Retrieved October 9, 2007. 
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 
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