1670 Minnaert

Minnaert
Discovery and designation
Discovered by H. van Gent
Discovery site Johannesburg (LS)
Discovery date September 9, 1934
Designations
MPC designation 1670
Named after
 Marcel Minnaert
1934 RZ
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.195 AU
Perihelion 2.608 AU
Eccentricity 0.1011
1805.089 d
258.989°
Inclination 10.505°
59.281°
20.151°
Physical characteristics
11.38

    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

    1. ↑ 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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