1768 Appenzella
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| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Wild |
| Discovery site | Zimmerwald Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 September 1965 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1768 Appenzella |
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Named after
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Appenzell (canton)[2] |
| 1965 SA · 1934 PM 1942 TH |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 73.01 yr (26,667 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8893 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0114 AU |
| 2.4503 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1791 |
| 3.84 yr (1401.0 days) | |
| 330.55° | |
| Inclination | 3.2610° |
| 12.420° | |
| 19.375° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0177 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 20.9 km |
| 5.1839 h | |
| 0.0338 | |
| BV = 0.615 mag UB = 0.230 mag tholen = F smassII = C |
|
| 12.70 mag | |
1768 Appenzella, provisional designation 1965 SA, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1965, by Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland. The dark, carbonaceous asteroid measures about 21 kilometer in diameter and belong to the F-type and C-type in the Tholen and SMASS classification, respectively.[1]
Appenzella, was named by the discoverer in honor of the rural Swiss Canton of Appenzell.[2]
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