1384 Kniertje
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. van Gent |
| Discovery site | Union Observatory |
| Discovery date | 9 September 1934 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1384 |
| 1934 RX | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.60 yr (29804 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1642968 AU (473.37206 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1863921 AU (327.07960 Gm) |
| 2.675344 AU (400.2258 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1827624 |
| 4.38 yr (1598.3 d) | |
| 197.97692° | |
| 0° 13m 30.843s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.85833° |
| 152.86062° | |
| 276.25601° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.23646 AU (184.972 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.23686 AU (334.629 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.325 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 28 km[1] |
Mean radius | 13.755±0.8 km |
| 9.807 h (0.4086 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period | 9.8 h[1] |
| 0.3077±0.039[1] | |
| 11.6[1] | |
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1384 Kniertje (1934 RX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934, by H. van Gent at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. South Africa. It is the subject of multiple light curve studies,[2][3][4] and was named after a character in Op Hoop van Zegen, a play by Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans.[5] The asteroid has a high albedo of 0.3.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1384 Kniertje". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ Warner, B. D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Minor Planet Bulletin, 33: 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
- ↑ Hawkins, S.; Ditteon, R. (March 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - May 2007", Minor Planet Bulletin, 35: 1–4, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35....1H.
- ↑ Vinson, R.; Moore, R.; Ditteon, R. (July 2014), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2013 October", Minor Planet Bulletin, 41: 169–170, Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..169V.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.), Springer, p. 112, ISBN 9783642297182.
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