1683 Castafiore
For the fictional character in the running comic strip The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, see Bianca Castafiore.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sylvain Arend |
| Discovery site | Uccle |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1950 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1683 |
Named after | Bianca Castafiore |
| 1950 SL | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.2256554 |
| Perihelion | 2.2418824 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1799298 |
| 1650.9773373 | |
| 310.75415 | |
| Inclination | 12.50050 |
| 326.75946 | |
| 346.46103 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.6 | |
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1683 Castafiore (1950 SL) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1950, by Sylvain Arend at Uccle. It is named after the fictional Adventures of Tintin character, Bianca Castafiore.[1]
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin: Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International Astronomical Union. p. 134. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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