1470 Carla

1470 Carla
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Alfred Bohrmann
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date September 17, 1938
Designations
1938 SD
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Aphelion 3.356 AU
Perihelion 2.967 AU
3.162 AU
Eccentricity 0.0615
5.62 a
159.231°
Inclination 3.221°
358.921°
Physical characteristics
6.1514[2] h

    1470 Carla is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on September 17, 1938 by German astronomer Alfred Bohrmann. It has a perihelion of 2.969 AU, an eccentricity of 0.0615 and an orbital period of 5.62 years. Cabrera has an average orbital speed of 16.75 km/s and an inclination of 3.221°.[1]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 2011 gave a light curve with a period of 6.1514 ± 0.0002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.25 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "1470 Carla", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pilcher, Frederick (April 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 31 Euphrosyne, 65 Cybele, 154 Bertha 177 Irma, 200 Dynamene, 724 Hapag, 880 Herba, and 1470 Carla", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 39 (2): 57–60, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...57P.