1227 Geranium
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Reinmuth, K. |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 5 October 1931 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1227 |
Named after | Geranium |
| 1931 TD | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.53 yr (30875 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.8342779 AU (573.59981 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6019107 AU (389.24030 Gm) |
| 3.218094 AU (481.4200 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1914747 |
| 5.77 yr (2108.6 d) | |
| 315.43856° | |
| 0° 10m 14.623s / day | |
| Inclination | 16.49205° |
| 0.7014505° | |
| 302.80021° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.62984 AU (243.821 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.72891 AU (258.641 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.097 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 20.91±0.9 km |
| 12.363 h (0.5151 d) | |
| 0.0921±0.008 | |
| 10.8 | |
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1227 Geranium (1931 TD) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 5, 1931, by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg.[2]
It was later named after the genus of plants, Geranium.[3]
References
- ↑ "1227 Geranium (1931 TD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
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