267 Tirza
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 27 May 1887 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Tirzah |
| A922 AA, 1965 GC | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.44 yr (39609 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.04773 AU (455.934 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.50143 AU (374.209 Gm) |
| 2.77458 AU (415.071 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.098448 |
| 4.62 yr (1688.1 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.89 km/s |
| 327.898° | |
| 0° 12m 47.732s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.00306° |
| 73.7538° | |
| 196.255° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.48586 AU (222.281 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.02019 AU (302.216 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.321 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 52.68±3.1 km |
| Mass | unknown |
Mean density | unknown |
Equatorial surface gravity | unknown |
Equatorial escape velocity | unknown |
| 7.648 h (0.3187 d) | |
| 0.0402±0.005 | |
| Temperature | unknown |
| DU | |
| 10.2 | |
267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 27, 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.
It was named after Tirzah, a woman in the Bible.
References
- ^ "267 Tirza". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
External links
- 267 Tirza at the JPL Small-Body Database
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