1384 Kniertje

Kniertje
Discovery
Discovered by H. van Gent
Discovery site Union Observatory
Discovery date September 9, 1934
Designations
MPC designation 1384
1934 RX
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.1642802
Perihelion 2.1943272
Eccentricity 0.1810084
1601.8850271
243.17936
Inclination 11.84190
152.92199
275.91168
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 28 km[1]
9.8 h[1]
Albedo 0.3077[1]
11.6[1]

    1384 Kniertje (1934 RX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934, by H. van Gent at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. South Africa. It is the subject of multiple light curve studies,[2][3][4] and was named after a character in Op Hoop van Zegen, a play by Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans.[5] The asteroid has a high albedo of 0.3.[1]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1384 Kniertje". Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
    2. ↑ Warner, B. D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Minor Planet Bulletin 33: 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
    3. ↑ Hawkins, S.; Ditteon, R. (March 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - May 2007", Minor Planet Bulletin 35: 1–4, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35....1H.
    4. ↑ Vinson, R.; Moore, R.; Ditteon, R. (July 2014), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2013 October", Minor Planet Bulletin 41: 169–170, Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..169V.
    5. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.), Springer, p. 112, ISBN 9783642297182.


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