1192 Prisma

1192 Prisma
Discovery ^[1]
Discovered by	A. Schwassmann
Discovery site	Bergedorf Obs.
Discovery date	17 March 1931
Designations
MPC designation	(1192) Prisma
Named after	Bergedorf Spectral Catalogue^[2]
Alternative designations	1931 FE
Minor planet category	main-belt
Orbital characteristics ^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	84.36 yr (30814 days)
Aphelion	2.9764 AU (445.26 Gm)
Perihelion	1.7555 AU (262.62 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.3660 AU (353.95 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.25801
Orbital period	3.64 yr (1329.3 d)
Mean anomaly	189.32°
Mean motion	0° 16^m 14.988^s / day
Inclination	23.904°
Longitude of ascending node	1.3521°
Argument of perihelion	131.44°
Earth MOID	0.8268 AU (123.69 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.18016 AU (326.147 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.390
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	6.558 h (0.2733 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.92

1192 Prisma, provisional designation 1931 FE, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 17, 1931, by Friedrich Schwassmann at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany.^[1]

Prisma was named in honor of the Bergedorf Spectral Catalogue.^[2]

References

1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1192 Prisma (1931 FE)" (2015-07-30 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1192) Prisma. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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