1249 Rutherfordia

Rutherfordia
Discovery
A three-dimensional model of 1249 Rutherfordia based on its light curve.
Discovered by	K. Reinmuth
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	November 4, 1932
Designations
MPC designation	1249
Named after	The city of Rutherford
Alternative names	1932 VB
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.3945893
Perihelion	2.0534661
Eccentricity	0.0766904
Orbital period	1211.4589479
Mean anomaly	219.40292
Inclination	4.87157
Longitude of ascending node	259.10700
Argument of perihelion	223.89929
Physical characteristics
Albedo	0.2778
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.54

1249 Rutherfordia (1932 VB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1932, by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.^[1] It was later named after the city Rutherford in New York.^[2]

References

↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 102. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2014-08-21.

Behrend, R. (2001) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
Behrend, R. (2004) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

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