1152 Pawona
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Reinmuth, K. |
| Discovery date | 1930-Jan-08 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 2.5309326 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.321422 AU |
| 2.4261773 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0431771 |
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1380.3277680 days 3.78 years | |
| 138.62066 ° | |
| Inclination | 5.08316 ° |
| 332.07438 ° | |
| 217.38317 ° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | diameter 15.69 |
| 3.418 h | |
| 0.2167 | |
| 11.30 mag | |
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1152 Pawona is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 16 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 3 hours. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on January 8, 1930.[1] It was independently discovered by L. Volta in Pino Torinese on the January 19 and by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin at Simeis on January 28. Its name is a combination of the names of astronomers J. Palisa and M. Wolf, in recognition of their cooperation. The asteroid's provisional name was 1930 AD.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
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