1384 Kniertje

Kniertje
Discovery
Discovered by H. van Gent
Discovery site Union Observatory
Discovery date 9 September 1934
Designations
MPC designation 1384
1934 RX
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 81.60 yr (29804 days)
Aphelion 3.1642968 AU (473.37206 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1863921 AU (327.07960 Gm)
2.675344 AU (400.2258 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1827624
4.38 yr (1598.3 d)
197.97692°
 13m 30.843s / day
Inclination 11.85833°
152.86062°
276.25601°
Earth MOID 1.23646 AU (184.972 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.23686 AU (334.629 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.325
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 28 km[1]
Mean radius
13.755±0.8 km
9.807 h (0.4086 d)
9.8 h[1]
0.3077±0.039[1]
11.6[1]

    1384 Kniertje (1934 RX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934, by H. van Gent at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. South Africa. It is the subject of multiple light curve studies,[2][3][4] and was named after a character in Op Hoop van Zegen, a play by Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans.[5] The asteroid has a high albedo of 0.3.[1]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1384 Kniertje". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    2. Warner, B. D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Minor Planet Bulletin 33: 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
    3. Hawkins, S.; Ditteon, R. (March 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - May 2007", Minor Planet Bulletin 35: 1–4, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35....1H.
    4. Vinson, R.; Moore, R.; Ditteon, R. (July 2014), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2013 October", Minor Planet Bulletin 41: 169–170, Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..169V.
    5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.), Springer, p. 112, ISBN 9783642297182.

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