1722 Goffin

1722 Goffin
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. Delporte
Discovery site Uccle – Belgium
Discovery date 23 February 1938
Designations
MPC designation 1722 Goffin
Named after
 Edwin Goffin
(amateur astronomer) [2]
1938 EG · 1942 DJ
1950 HK · 1952 SW
1952 UQ · 1960 WB
1964 UF · 1964 VD1
main-belt · (inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 77.79 yr (28414 days)
Aphelion 2.6385 AU (394.71 Gm)
Perihelion 2.3900 AU (357.54 Gm)
2.5142 AU (376.12 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.049410
3.99 yr (1456.2 d)
253.81°
0° 14m 50.028s / day
Inclination 5.4667°
168.12°
283.07°
Earth MOID 1.4134 AU (211.44 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.44406 AU (365.626 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.452
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 10.446±0.130 km [4]
10.442 km [5]
10.44 km (taken) [3]
28.8 h (1.20 d) [1]
31 h [6]
0.2191±0.0165 [4]
0.2175 [5]
B–V = 0.890
S [3]
12.30

    1722 Goffin, provisional designation 1938 EG, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle on 23 February 1938.[7]

    The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4–2.6 AU once every 4 years (1,456 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.05 and is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 28.8 hours and an albedo of 0.22.[4][5]

    The minor planet was named in honour of the Belgian amateur astronomer Edwin Goffin (b. 1950), who has made extensive computations involving minor-planet orbits, and whose initials are indicated by the body's provisional designation, 1938 EG.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1722 Goffin (1938 EG)" (2015-10-10 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1722) Goffin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 137. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 "LCDB Data for (1722) Goffin". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved November 2015.
    5. 1 2 3 Pravec, Petr; Harris, Alan W.; Kusnirák, Peter; Galád, Adrián; Hornoch, Kamil (September 2012). "Absolute magnitudes of asteroids and a revision of asteroid albedo estimates from WISE thermal observations". Icarus 221 (1): 365–387. Bibcode:2012Icar..221..365P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. ↑ Binzel, R. P. (October 1987). "A photoelectric survey of 130 asteroids". Icarus: 135–208. Bibcode:1987Icar...72..135B. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(87)90125-4. ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. ↑ "1722 Goffin (1938 EG)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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