1304 Arosa
| Discovery [1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 21 May 1928 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1304 Arosa |
Named after | Arosa[3] |
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1928 KC · 1929 RY 1934 JL · 1934 LE 1974 OW · A908 YC | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.75 yr (38,990 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5724 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8249 AU |
| 3.1986 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1168 |
| 5.72 yr (2089.5 days) | |
| 69.443° | |
| Inclination | 18.987° |
| 86.605° | |
| 148.15° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.8273 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 42.94±1.9 km[4] |
| 7.7478 h[5] | |
| 0.3480±0.033[4] | |
| SMASS = X | |
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9.2 8.6 [6] | |
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1304 Arosa, provisional designation 1928 KC, is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on May 21, 1928, by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany.[1]
The X-type asteroid has a high albedo of 0.35 and measures about 43 kilometers in diameter.[4] Inclined by 19 degrees to the ecliptic, it orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.6 AU once every 5.73 years.[2] Its rotational period is close to 7 hours and 45 minutes.[5]
The asteroid is named after the town Arosa, a summer and a winter tourist resort in the Swiss Alps.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1304 Arosa (1928 KC)" (2015-09-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1304) Arosa. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 3 Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
- 1 2 Behrend, R. (2005), Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR, Geneva Observatory, retrieved October 2015
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1304 Arosa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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