1219 Britta

Britta
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 6 February 1932
Designations
MPC designation 1219
1932 CJ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 110.98 yr (40536 days)
Aphelion 2.4884069 AU (372.26037 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9379905 AU (289.91925 Gm)
2.213199 AU (331.0899 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1243486
3.29 yr (1202.6 d)
311.65929°
 17m 57.646s / day
Inclination 4.413641°
42.54142°
23.55308°
Earth MOID 0.95071 AU (142.224 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.78031 AU (415.928 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.641
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 11.43 km
Mean radius
5.715±0.45 km
5.575 h (0.2323 d)
5.575
0.2267±0.040
11.8

    1219 Britta (1932 CJ) is Main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1932, by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.[2]

    The origin of its later naming is not known.[3]

    References

    1. "1219 Britta (1932 CJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    2. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
    3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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