1069 Planckia
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1927 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Max Planck |
| 1927 BC | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch JD 2445600.5 | |
| Perihelion | 2.8384085 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0952189 |
| Inclination | 13.5122554° |
| 142.2561762 | |
| 34.1183831 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 43 km |
| 8.665 h | |
| Albedo | 0.15 |
| 9.30 | |
1069 Planckia is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 28, 1927, and assigned a provisional designation of 1927 BC. It was named after physicist Max Planck.[1]
Photometric measurements made in 2000, when combined with earlier observations, showed a light curve with a period of 8.643 ± 0.05 hours.[2] As of 2013, the estimate for the rotation period is 8.665 hours.[3]
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