1470 Carla
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | A. Bohrmann |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 17 September 1938 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1470 Carla |
Named after | Carla Ziegler[2] |
1938 SD · 1930 DE 1955 UN | |
main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 76.91 yr (28,093 days) |
Aphelion | 3.3746 AU |
Perihelion | 2.9411 AU |
3.1578 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0686 |
5.61 yr (2049.7 days) | |
255.64° | |
Inclination | 3.2128° |
358.43° | |
342.14° | |
Earth MOID | 1.9327 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 37 km |
6.1514 h[3] | |
0.0515 | |
11.1 | |
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1470 Carla, provisionally designated 1938 SD, is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered on September 17, 1938, by German astronomer Alfred Bohrmann at Heidelberg Observatory. It has a perihelion of 2.94 AU, an eccentricity of 0.069 and an orbital period of 5.61 years. The asteroid measures about 37 kilometers in diameter and is inclined by 3.2 degrees to the ecliptic.[1]
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 2011 gave a light curve with a period of 6.1514 ± 0.0002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.25 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]
It was named in honor of Carla Ziegler, a friend of the Bohrmann family at Heidelberg.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1470 Carla (1938 SD)" (2015-08-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1470) Carla. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Pilcher, Frederick (April 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 31 Euphrosyne, 65 Cybele, 154 Bertha 177 Irma, 200 Dynamene, 724 Hapag, 880 Herba, and 1470 Carla", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 39 (2), pp. 57–60, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...57P.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1470 Carla at the JPL Small-Body Database
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