3184 Raab

Raab
Discovery and designation
Discovered by E. L. Johnson
Discovery site Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date August 22, 1949
Designations
MPC designation 3184
1949 QC
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.3708174
Perihelion 1.9614964
Eccentricity 0.2642982
1590.1093783
173.34835
Inclination 8.19730
97.27670
238.21712
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 19.3 km[1]
0.05[1]
C?
12.1

    3184 Raab (1949 QC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1949 by E. L. Johnson at the Union Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa.

    In May 1996, following a proposal by Brian G. Marsden and Gareth V. Williams, the asteroid was named in honor of Herbert Raab, an Austrian software engineer, amateur astronomer and developer of the software Astrometrica.[2]

    From observations made with the WISE space telescope, the diameter of the asteroid was determined to 19.3 kilometers, the albedo to 0.05.[1] The low albedo of this objects suggests that is a C-type asteroid.

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    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Joseph R. Masiero et al.: Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 741, No. 2, pp. 68 (2011) pdf Data
    2. ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th Edition), p. 264. Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3