1304 Arosa
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| Discovery [1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 21 May 1928 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1304 Arosa |
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Named after
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Arosa[3] |
| 1928 KC · 1929 RY 1934 JL · 1934 LE 1974 OW · A908 YC |
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| 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 | |
| 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
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External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1304 Arosa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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