1792 Reni

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Reni
Discovery
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site Nauchnyj
Discovery date January 24, 1968
Designations
MPC designation 1792
Alternative names 1968 BG
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.5479 AU
Perihelion 2.0110 AU
Eccentricity 0.2765
Orbital period 1692.542 d
Mean anomaly 310.743°
Inclination 9.010°
Longitude of ascending node 72.856°
Argument of perihelion 324.237°
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 12.03

    1792 Reni (1968 BG) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1968 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 15.95 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.54 ± 0.06 magnitude.[1]

    References

    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. 

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