1156 Kira

1156 Kira [1]
Discovery
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery date 1928-Feb-22
Orbital characteristics
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 2.3428489 AU
Perihelion 2.1313789 AU
2.2371139 AU
Eccentricity 0.047264
1222.1670965 days
3.35 years
345.85438 °
Inclination 1.39793 °
91.14393 °
354.16462 °
Physical characteristics
12.4 mag

    1156 Kira is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun, making a revolution around it once every three years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on February 22, 1928.[1] Its provisional designation was 1928 DA. Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

    External links

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