1252 Celestia
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. L. Whipple |
| Discovery site | Oak Ridge Obs.[2] (Harvard) |
| Discovery date | 19 February 1933 |
| Designations | |
| 1252 Celestia | |
Named after | Celestia Whipple (mother)[3] |
| 1933 DG · 1934 PA1 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 82.95 yr (30297 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2536 AU (486.73 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1345 AU (319.32 Gm) |
| 2.6940 AU (403.02 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.20769 |
| 4.42 yr (1615.1 d) | |
| 274.17° | |
| 0° 13m 22.404s / day | |
| Inclination | 33.844° |
| 140.93° | |
| 63.675° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2739 AU (190.57 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.07743 AU (310.779 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.101 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.4 km |
Mean radius | 8.695±0.8 km |
| 10.636 h (0.4432 d) | |
| 0.2573±0.053 | |
| B–V = 0.890 U–B = 0.425 S (Tholen), S (SMASS) | |
| 10.89 | |
1252 Celestia, provisional designation 1933 DG, is a stony main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1933, by American astronomer Fred Whipple at Oak Ridge Observatory[2] operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Massachusetts, United States. The S-type asteroid measures about 17 kilometers in diameter, rotates once every 10.6 hours and is heavily tilted towards the ecliptic by almost 34 degrees.[1]
It was named after the mother of the discoverer, Celestia MacFarland Whipple.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1252 Celestia (1933 DG)" (2015-09-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1252) Celestia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1252 Celestia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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