1433 Geramtina

1433 Geramtina
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Eugène Joseph Delporte
Discovery site Royal Observatory of Belgium
Discovery date October 30, 1937
Designations
MPC designation 1433
Alternate name(s) 1937 UC
Minor planet
category
Main belt [2]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Ap 3.2756 AU
Peri 2.3187 AU
Semi-major axis 2.79712 AU
Eccentricity 0.171046
Orbital period 1708.7 days (4.68 years)
Mean anomaly 63.865
Inclination 8.235
Longitude of ascending node 321.674
Argument of peri 94.559
Physical characteristics
Rotation period >14 hours [4]
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.4 [5]

1433 Geramtina (1937 UC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 30, 1937 by Eugène Joseph Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium.[1] This asteroid is named for the sister of B. Asplind.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  2. ^ "1433 Geramtina (1937 UC)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1433+Geramtina. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  3. ^ "(1433) Geramtina". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=1433. Retrieved 31 December 2008. 
  4. ^ Johnson et al. (2008). "Lightcurve Analysis of 102 Miriam, 1433 Geramtina, and 2648 Owa". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 151–152. Bibcode 2008MPBu...35..150J. 
  5. ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0.. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/astermag.html. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  6. ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 115. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. http://books.google.com/?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA115. Retrieved 2008-12-31.