1287 Lorcia

Lorcia
Discovery
Discovered by Sylvain Arend
Discovery site Uccle
Discovery date 25 August 1933
Designations
MPC designation 1287
1933 QL
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 82.63 yr (30182 days)
Aphelion 3.2023563 AU (479.06568 Gm)
Perihelion 2.8197517 AU (421.82885 Gm)
3.011054 AU (450.4473 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0635333
5.22 yr (1908.4 d)
198.74195°
 11m 19.092s / day
Inclination 9.820335°
202.52832°
267.93692°
Earth MOID 1.8569 AU (277.79 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.92648 AU (288.197 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.224
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
11.15 km
0.1328±0.040
11.07

    1287 Lorcia (1933 QL) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 1933, by Sylvain Arend at Uccle.

    It is named after wife of Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Polish mathematician and astronomer.

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