1072 Malva
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Discovery date | 4 October 1926 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Malva |
| 1926 TA | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 32673 days (89.45 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.92889 AU (587.754 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.3997873 AU (359.00307 Gm) |
| 3.164338 AU (473.3782 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2416148 |
| 5.63 yr (2056.0 d) | |
| 250.1427° | |
| 0.1750974°/day | |
| Inclination | 8.0232575° |
| 37.08434° | |
| 26.0735768° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.41477 AU (211.647 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.47491 AU (220.643 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 46 km |
Mean radius | 22.525 ± 0.9 km |
| 10.080 h (0.4200 d) | |
| 0.0549 ± 0.005 | |
| 10.8 | |
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1072 Malva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun discovered on October 4, 1926, by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth. It is named after the Malva or Mallow genus, although it initially received the designation 1926 TA.
Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 10.080 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness range of 0.17 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1072 Malva (1926 TA)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.
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