1179 Mally
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1179 Mally, provisional designation 1931 FD, is an asteroid and long-lost minor planet from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Max Wolf in 1931, the asteroid was lost until its rediscovery in 1986. The discoverer named it after his daughter-in-law, Mally Wolf.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 19 March 1931 |
Designations | |
(1179) Mally | |
Named after | Mally Wolf (discoverer's daughter-in-law)[2] |
1931 FD | |
main-belt · (middle)[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 86.30 yr (31,520 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0682 AU |
Perihelion | 2.1698 AU |
2.6190 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1715 |
4.24 yr (1,548 days) | |
104.44° | |
0° 13m 57s / day | |
Inclination | 8.7067° |
6.8116° | |
234.15° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 10.65 km (calculated)[3] 11.20±0.83 km[4] 13.159±0.183 km[5] 13.379±0.077 km[6] 14.41±0.47 km[7] 16.60±5.64 km[8] |
46.6917±0.1516 h[9] | |
0.059±0.020[7] 0.0683±0.0080[6] 0.07±0.09[8] 0.071±0.017[5] 0.097±0.015[4] 0.10 (assumed)[3] | |
S/C[3] | |
12.530±0.002 (R)[9] · 12.70[8] · 12.8[1] · 12.9[4][6][7] · 12.98[3] | |
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