1179 Mally
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1931 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1179 |
| 1931 FD | |
| main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.0721 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.163 AU |
| 2.61757 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.173664 |
| 1546.84 d | |
| 79.265° | |
| Inclination | 8.703° |
| 6.886° | |
| 234.656° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.803 | |
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1179 Mally is an asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on March 19, 1931 and given the provisional designation 1931 FD.[1] It was named after the discoverer's daughter-in-law. It became a lost asteroid after its initial discovery but was rediscovered in 1986 by Lutz D. Schmadel, Richard Martin West and Hans-Emil Schuster using the European Southern Observatory Schmidt telescope at La Silla Observatory.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ↑ "(1179) Mally". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ↑ Brian G. Marsden (December 5, 1986). "International Astronomical Union Circular 4278". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Long Lost Planet Found Again" (Press release). Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory. December 4, 1986. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
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