1916 Boreas
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sylvain Julien Victor Arend |
| Discovery site | Royal Observatory of Belgium |
| Discovery date | September 01, 1953 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1916 |
| 1953 RA | |
| Amor asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.2942 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.252 AU |
| 2.27312 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.44921 |
| 1251.79 d(3.43 y) | |
| 51.552° | |
| Inclination | 12.877° |
| 340.745° | |
| 335.802° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.5 km |
| 3.49 h | |
| 14.648 | |
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1916 Boreas (1953 RA) is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 1, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium.[1] This asteroid was observed for 2 months and then with time became a lost asteroid. The asteroid was recovered in 1974 by Richard Eugene McCrosky, G. Schwartz and JH Bulger based on a predicted position by Brian G. Marsden.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ↑ "(1916) Boreas". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ↑ Brian G. Marsden (October 24, 1974). "International Astronomical Union Circular 2710". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
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