1780 Kippes
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 12 September 1906 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1780 Kippes |
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Named after
|
Otto Kippes (priest and astronomer)[2] |
| A906 RA · 1935 CC 1938 UC1 · 1943 TL 1943 VD · 1947 NB 1951 ED2 · 1953 SA 1957 LD · 1962 JU 1969 RB2 · 1975 VL6 A911 QE |
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| main-belt · Eos [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.99 yr (39,807 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1771 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8547 AU |
| 3.0159 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0534 |
| 5.24 yr (1,913 days) | |
| 357.43° | |
| Inclination | 9.0034° |
| 291.00° | |
| 340.22° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27.92 km[4] 25.77±0.80 km[5] 31.262±0.341 km[6] 29.16±0.38 km[7] |
| 18.0 h[8] | |
| 0.1212[4] 0.143±0.010[5] 0.0966±0.0173[6] 0.111±0.014[7] |
|
| S [3] | |
| 10.68 | |
1780 Kippes, provisional designation A906 RA, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 28 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff at Heidelberg Observatory on 12 September 1906.[9]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Eos family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,913 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.05 and is tilted by 9 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a long rotation period of 18 hours[8] and an albedo of about 0.12, according to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, WISE and NEOWISE.[4][5][6][7]
The asteroid was named by the Minor Planet Center in honor of German Catholic priest and amateur astronomer Otto Kippes (1905–1994). He was a diligent and meticulous worker, acknowledged for his work in orbit calculations and identifications of minor planets in widely separated oppositions.[2][10]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1780 Kippes at the JPL Small-Body Database
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