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Discovery[1]
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| Discovered by | Sylvain Julien Victor Arend |
| Discovery site | Royal Observatory of Belgium |
| Discovery date | September 01, 1953 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1916 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1953 RA |
| Minor planet category |
Amor asteroid |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2942 AU |
| Peri | 1.252 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27312 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.44921 |
| Orbital period | 1251.79 d (3.43 y) |
| Mean anomaly | 51.552° |
| Inclination | 12.877° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 340.745° |
| Argument of peri | 335.802° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.648 |
1916 Boreas (1953 RA) is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 1, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium.[1] This asteroid was lost shortly after discovery (see Lost asteroids) and only rediscovered in 1974 by Richard Eugene McCrosky , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger based on a predicted position by Brian G. Marsden.[3]
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