1218 Aster

1218 Aster
Discovery[1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 29 January 1932
Designations
MPC designation 1218 Aster
Named after
Aster[2]
1932 BJ · 1978 TJ5
1978 VQ12
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 83.84 yr (30622 days)
Aphelion 2.5098 AU (375.46 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0159 AU (301.57 Gm)
2.2628 AU (338.51 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.10913
3.40 yr (1243.3 d)
300.99°
 17m 22.38s / day
Inclination 3.1572°
63.824°
69.281°
Earth MOID 1.03148 AU (154.307 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.52127 AU (377.177 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.609
Physical characteristics
13.2

    1218 Aster, provisional designation 1932 BJ, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1932, by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in Germany.[1]

    It was later named after the genus of flowers, Aster.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1218 Aster (1932 BJ)" (2015-09-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1218) Aster. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 101. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.

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