1726 Hoffmeister

Hoffmeister
Discovery
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date July 24, 1933
Designations
MPC designation 1726
Named after
 Cuno Hoffmeister
1933 OE
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.9096094
Perihelion 2.6627430
Eccentricity 0.0443020
1698.6789798
46.53468
Inclination 3.48462
231.24304
64.33467
Physical characteristics
Albedo 0.0370
12.10

    1726 Hoffmeister (1933 OE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 24, 1933 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.

    This is the lowest numbered member of the small Hoffmeister family of asteroids. Based upon the low albedo, it was most likely formed from the breakup of a carbon-rich asteroid about 50–100 km in diameter within the past several hundred million years.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ Migliorini, F. et al. (June 1996), "The Hoffmeister asteroid family: inferences from physical data", Astronomy and Astrophysics 310: 681–685, Bibcode:1996A&A...310..681M.

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