1760 Sandra
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | E. L. Johnson |
Discovery site | Johannesburg (UO) |
Discovery date | 10 April 1950 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1760 Sandra |
Named after
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his granddaughter[2] |
1950 GB · 1934 NP 1935 QH · 1950 HF 1950 JM · 1951 OK 1967 JC · 1968 OC |
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main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 80.07 yr (29,245 days) |
Aphelion | 3.5501 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7414 AU |
3.1457 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1285 |
5.58 yr (2037.9 days) | |
224.52° | |
Inclination | 8.4357° |
232.65° | |
333.37° | |
Earth MOID | 1.7398 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 35.9 km |
6.5668 h | |
0.0345 | |
11.0 | |
1760 Sandra, provisional designation 1950 GB, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 10, 1950, by South African astronomer Ernest Leonard Johnson at Johannesburg Observatory. The dark asteroid measures about 36 kilometers in diameter.[1]
It was named by the discoverer after his granddaughter, Sandra.[2]
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