1041 Asta
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1925 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1925 FA |
| 1938 SJ1, 1949 UQ, 1949 UX, 1951 CQ1, 1956 AT, A906 VA, A917 YB | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch November 4, 2013 | |
| Aphelion | 3.5064 AU (524.55 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6437 AU (395.49 Gm) |
| 3.0751 AU (460.03 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1403 |
| 5.39 a | |
| 308.9483 | |
| Inclination | 13.8999° |
| 60.2601 | |
| 342.7810 | |
| Proper orbital elements | |
Proper mean motion | 0.18277 deg / yr |
Proper orbital period |
1969.68868 yr (719428.79 d) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 57.27 km (35.59 mi) |
Sidereal rotation period | 7.554 hours |
| Albedo | 0.0591 |
Spectral type | C |
| 10.1 | |
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1041 Asta is a Main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on March 22, 1925. Its provisional designation was 1925 FA.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 7.99 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 ± 0.02 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
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