1728 Goethe Link
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1728 Goethe Link, provisional designation 1964 TO, is a stony asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
Discovery date | 12 October 1964 |
Designations | |
(1728) Goethe Link | |
Named after | Dr Goethe Link (observatory's founder)[2] |
1964 TO · 1943 OA 1952 WH · 1955 KE 1956 VD · 1964 UB 1967 JD | |
main-belt · (middle)[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 73.78 yr (26,948 days) |
Aphelion | 2.7923 AU |
Perihelion | 2.3346 AU |
2.5634 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0893 |
4.10 yr (1,499 days) | |
22.348° | |
0° 14m 24.36s / day | |
Inclination | 7.1866° |
240.52° | |
66.733° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 14.58±0.33 km[4] 15.60 km (calculated)[3] 18.18±1.09 km[5] |
81±2 h[6] | |
0.194±0.025[5] 0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.251±0.032[4] | |
S[3][7] | |
11.10[5] · 11.19±0.27[7] · 11.30[4] · 11.4[1][3] | |
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It was discovered on 12 October 1964, by Indiana University during its Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[8] It was named after American philanthropist and founder of the discovering observatory Goethe Link.[2]