1732 Heike

Heike
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date March 9, 1943
Designations
MPC designation 1732
1943 EY
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.3473 AU
Perihelion 2.6773 AU
Eccentricity 0.1112
1,909.574 d
332.247°
Inclination 10.789°
155.758°
208.037°
Physical characteristics
4.74 ± 0.01 h[1]
0.1108
11.10

    1732 Heike (1943 EY) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1943 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg. It is a member of the Eos family.[2]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 4.74 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carbo, Landy et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.
    2. ↑ Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.

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