1151 Ithaka

1151 Ithaka [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery date 1929-Sep-08
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.0717774 AU
Perihelion 1.7400126 AU
Semi-major axis 2.405895 AU
Eccentricity 0.2767712
Orbital period 1363.0551549 days
3.73 years
Mean anomaly 341.69193 °
Inclination 6.55743 °
Longitude of ascending node 225.51304 °
Argument of perihelion 122.33907 °
Absolute magnitude (H) 12.7 mag

1151 Ithaka is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on September 8, 1929.[1] It was named after the Greek island of Ithaca in the Ionian Sea. Its provisional designation was 1929 RK.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1151. Retrieved October 17, 2007. 
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 
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