1229 Tilia

Tilia
Discovery
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 9 October 1931
Designations
MPC designation 1229
Named after
Tilia
1931 TP1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 84.53 yr (30874 days)
Aphelion 3.7579860 AU (562.18670 Gm)
Perihelion 2.6969458 AU (403.45735 Gm)
3.227466 AU (482.8220 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1643767
5.80 yr (2117.8 d)
216.16266°
 10m 11.947s / day
Inclination 1.037982°
197.32911°
166.30504°
Earth MOID 1.69361 AU (253.360 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.69542 AU (253.631 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.166
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
13.825±0.6 km
0.0839±0.008
11.3[1][2]

    1229 Tilia (1931 TP1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931, by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.[2]

    It was later named after the genus of trees, Tilia.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "1229 Tilia (1931 TP1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved July 20, 2014.
    3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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