1252 Celestia
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| Discovery [2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. L. Whipple |
| Discovery site | Oak Ridge Obs.[1] (Harvard) |
| Discovery date | 19 February 1933 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1252 Celestia |
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Named after
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Celestia Whipple (mother)[3] |
| 1933 DG · 1934 PA1 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 82.44 yr (30,112 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2535 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1357 AU |
| 2.6946 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2074 |
| 4.42 yr (1615.6 days) | |
| 185.04° | |
| Inclination | 33.844° |
| 140.93° | |
| 63.640° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2762 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.4 km |
| 10.636 h | |
| 0.2573 | |
| B–V = 0.890 U–B = 0.425 S (Tholen), S (SMASS) |
|
| 10.89 | |
1252 Celestia, provisional designation 1933 DG, is a stony main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1933, by American astronomer Fred Whipple at Oak Ridge Observatory[1] operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Massachusetts, United States. The S-type asteroid measures about 17 kilometers in diameter, rotates once every 10.6 hours and is heavily tilted towards the ecliptic by almost 34 degrees.[2]
It was named after the mother of the discoverer, Celestia MacFarland Whipple.[3]
References
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1252 Celestia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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