1736 Floirac
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Soulie |
| Discovery site | Bordeaux Obs. |
| Discovery date | 6 September 1967 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1736 Floirac |
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Named after
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Floirac, Gironde (location of observatory)[2] |
| 1967 RA · 1927 RB 1927 SN · 1934 XC 1937 RP · 1952 DO1 1957 TC · 1957 US 1962 CN · A914 WD |
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| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 87.66 yr (32,017 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6068 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8516 AU |
| 2.2292 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1693 |
| 3.33 yr (1,216 days) | |
| 94.618° | |
| Inclination | 4.5496° |
| 159.79° | |
| 249.09° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 10.08±0.34 km[4] 8.701±0.119 km[5] 8.729 km[6] 9.50±0.30 km[7] 8.73 km (taken)[3] |
| 6.775 h[1] 12.28±0.06 h[8] |
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| 0.252±0.020[4] 0.2994±0.0420[5] 0.2711[6] 0.258±0.060[7] |
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| S [3] | |
| 12.3 | |
1736 Floirac, provisional designation 1967 RA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 9 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered by French astronomer Guy Soulié at Bordeaux Observatory on 6 September 1967.[9]
The stony asteroid is a member of the Flora family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,216 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.17 and is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 6.8 hours[6] and an albedo in the range of 0.25–0.30, based on several different observations.[4][5][6][7]
The minor planet was named by the discoverer for Floirac, a French town in the Département Gironde, near Bordeaux, where the discovering observatory is located.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1736 Floirac at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Visible at http://www.sky-map.org with RA/DEC = 01:21:34.15 +05 55'14.3"(red image filter - Observation Date = 1987-Aug-26 10:18:00)
- Visible at http://www.sky-map.org with RA/DEC = 01:20:55.64 +05 59'55.7" (blue image filter)
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