10974 Carolalbert
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken by T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 29 September 1973 |
| Designations | |
| 10974 | |
| 2225 T-2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15447 days (42.29 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.7822991 AU (416.22602 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1366755 AU (319.64211 Gm) |
| 2.459487 AU (367.9340 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1312517 |
| 3.86 yr (1408.9 d) | |
| 133.29342° | |
| 0° 15m 19.898s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.161930° |
| 16.19395° | |
| 201.89655° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.12882 AU (168.869 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.18868 AU (327.422 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.478 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.6 | |
10974 Carolalbert (2225 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973, by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken at Palomar by T. Gehrels. It was named for the aunt and uncle of an astronomer who assisted in identification of the asteroid.[1]
References
- ^ a b "10974 Carolalbert (2225 T-2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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