1670 Minnaert
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | H. van Gent |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg (LS) |
| Discovery date | September 9, 1934 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1670 |
| Named after | Marcel Minnaert |
| Alternative names | 1934 RZ |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.195 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.608 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1011 |
| Orbital period | 1805.089 d |
| Mean anomaly | 258.989° |
| Inclination | 10.505° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 59.281° |
| Argument of perihelion | 20.151° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.38 |
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1670 Minnaert (1934 RZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg (LS).
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004–2005 show a rotation period of 3.528 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.23 ± 0.02 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Pray, Donald P. (September 2005), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 106, 752, 847, 1057, 1630, 1670, 1927 1936, 2426, 2612, 2647, 4087, 5635, 5692, and 6235", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 32 (3): 48–51, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...48P.
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