1546 Izsák
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Kulin |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1941 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Imre Izsak |
| 1941 SG1 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.557 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.798 AU |
| 3.178 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1194 |
| 5.66 yr | |
| 206.790° | |
| Inclination | 16.124° |
| 190.551° | |
| 279.382° | |
1546 Izsák is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1941. It was named for the astronomer, Imre Izsák, who later worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[1] Imre Izsák was born in Hungary[1] and later worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[2]
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 7.35 ± 0.006 hours with a brightness variation of 0.31 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]
References
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ I.G. Izsak, J.M. Gerard, R. Efimba and M.P. Barnett, Construction of Newcomb operators on a digital computer, Research in Space Science Special Report Number 140, Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964.
- ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
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