1743 Schmidt
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1743 |
Named after | Bernhard Schmidt |
| 4109 P-L; 1931 BJ; 1939 CN; 1943 EA; 1947 GD; 1951 JU; 1952 QD | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8067196 |
| Perihelion | 2.1386658 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1350863 |
| 1420.2135843 | |
| 62.35844 | |
| Inclination | 6.35549 |
| 189.70286 | |
| 358.32576 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.28 km |
Sidereal rotation period | 17.45 |
| 0.0603 | |
| 12.48 | |
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1743 Schmidt (4109 P-L) is a Main-belt asteroid that was discovered on September 24, 1960 at Palomar by C.J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld. It was named after Baltic German optician and astronomer Bernhard Schmidt.[1]
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