1142 Aetolia

1142 Aetolia [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery date 1930-Jan-24
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.4630325 AU
Perihelion 2.8985099 AU
Semi-major axis 3.1807712 AU
Eccentricity 0.0887399
Orbital period 2072.0349870 days
5.67 years
Mean anomaly 187.09381 °
Inclination 2.10114 °
Longitude of ascending node 139.52690 °
Argument of perihelion 94.67408 °
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.3 mag

1142 Aetolia is an asteroid on the main belt, which was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on January 24, 1930 in Heidelberg. It orbits once every 6 years.[1] It is named after the Greek region Aetolia, and its provisional designation was 1930 BC.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1142. Retrieved October 17, 2007. 
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 

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