1732 Heike

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Heike
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date March 9, 1943
Designations
MPC designation 1732
Alternative names 1943 EY
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.3473 AU
Perihelion 2.6773 AU
Eccentricity 0.1112
Orbital period 1,909.574 d
Mean anomaly 332.247°
Inclination 10.789°
Longitude of ascending node 155.758°
Argument of perihelion 208.037°
Physical characteristics
Rotation period 4.74 ± 0.01 h[1]
Geometric albedo 0.1108
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.10

    1732 Heike (1943 EY) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1943 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg. It is a member of the Eos family.[2]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 4.74 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Carbo, Landy et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C. 
    2. Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008. 

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