2000 Herschel
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2000 Herschel, provisional designation 1960 OA, is a stony Phocaea asteroid and a tumbling slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers (10 miles) in diameter. It was discovered 29 July 1960, by German astronomer Joachim Schubart at Sonneberg Observatory in eastern Germany.[1] The S-type asteroid has a long rotation period of 130 hours.[5] It was named after astronomer William Herschel.[3]
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | J. Schubart |
Discovery site | Sonneberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 29 July 1960 |
Designations | |
(2000) Herschel | |
Pronunciation | /ˈhɜːrʃəl/[2] |
Named after | William Herschel[3] (German-British astronomer) |
1960 OA · 1934 NX | |
main-belt[1][4] · (inner)[5] Phocaea[6] | |
Orbital characteristics[4] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.08 yr (30,712 d) |
Aphelion | 3.0885 AU |
Perihelion | 1.6708 AU |
2.3796 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2979 |
3.67 yr (1,341 d) | |
293.69° | |
0° 16m 6.6s / day | |
Inclination | 22.819° |
291.92° | |
130.51° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 14.768±0.348 km[7][8] 16.15±3.11 km[9] 16.86±1.17 km[10] 17.385±0.173 km[11] |
130±2 h[5][12] | |
0.1870[11] 0.197[10] 0.24[9] 0.256[7][8] | |
Tholen = S[4][5] B–V = 0.893[4] U–B = 0.494[4] | |
11.25[1][4][5][7][10][11] 11.42[9] | |
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