1672 Gezelle
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Delporte |
| Discovery site | Uccle – Belgium |
| Discovery date | 29 January 1935 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1672 Gezelle |
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Named after
|
Guido Gezelle (poet and priest)[2] |
| 1935 BD · 1929 AA 1933 SE1 · 1939 VK 1950 SX · 1978 NA8 A924 EO |
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| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.68 yr (29,835 days) |
| Aphelion | 4.0510 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3057 AU |
| 3.1783 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2745 |
| 5.67 yr (2,070 days) | |
| 44.125° | |
| Inclination | 1.0628° |
| 181.23° | |
| 255.59° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 26.56±1.86 km[4] 26.205±0.202 km[5] 27.90 km (calculated)[3] |
| 40.72 h[6] | |
| 0.092±0.014[4] 0.0936±0.0162[5] 0.057 (assumed)[3] |
|
| C [3] | |
| 11.5 | |
1672 Gezelle, provisional designation 1935 BD, is a slowly rotating, carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle on 29 January 1935.[7]
The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–4.1 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (2,070 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.27 and is tilted by 1 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 40.7 hours[6] and an albedo of 0.09 as determined by the Akari and NEOWISE missions.[4][5]
It was named in memory of famous Flemish poet and Roman Catholic priest Guido Gezelle (1830–1899), who wrote extensively on religion and nature.[2]
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
- 1672 Gezelle at the JPL Small-Body Database
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