1419 Danzig
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| Discovery [1] | |
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| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 September 1929 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1419 Danzig |
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Named after
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Gdańsk (German: Danzig)[2] |
| 1929 RF · 1936 RD 1952 HJ4 · 1957 WO1 A917 GA |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 98.42 yr (35,948 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6291 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9562 AU |
| 2.2927 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1467 |
| 3.47 yr (1,268 days) | |
| 186.32° | |
| Inclination | 5.7249° |
| 213.53° | |
| 232.63° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.9789 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 8.1202 h | |
| 11.3 | |
1419 Danzig, provisional designation 1929 RF, is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 5 September 1929. The main-belt asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.6 AU once every three and a half years. Its rotation period is 8.12 hours.[1]
It was named after the now Polish city and port on the Baltic sea, Gdańsk (German: Danzig). The city was also honored by another minor planet, 764 Gedania.[2]
References
- Wisniewski, W.Z.; Michalowski, T.M.; Harris, A.W.; McMillan, R.S. (1997) Icarus 126, 395-449; 1995, Lunar & Planetary Science XXVI, 1511-1512.
- Behrend, R. (2002) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
- Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1419 Danzig at the JPL Small-Body Database
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