Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 13 March 1931 |
Designations | |
(1178) Irmela | |
Named after | Irmela Ruska (wife of Ernst Ruska)[2] |
1931 EC · 1940 GC 1962 JD · 1988 CK6 | |
main-belt · (middle)[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 85.83 yr (31,351 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1700 AU |
Perihelion | 2.1916 AU |
2.6808 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1825 |
4.39 yr (1,603 days) | |
209.87° | |
0° 13m 28.56s / day | |
Inclination | 6.9511° |
170.11° | |
357.21° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 17.00±3.43 km[4] 17.50±4.91 km[5] 17.90±0.57 km[6] 19.05 km (derived)[3] 19.09±0.8 km (IRAS:15)[7] 19.663±0.049 km[8] 20.683±0.181 km[9] |
11.989±0.001 h[10] 19.17 h[11] | |
0.0503±0.0031[9] 0.070±0.006[8] 0.08±0.03[4] 0.08±0.07[5] 0.0838 (derived)[3] 0.0916±0.008 (IRAS:15)[7] 0.105±0.007[6] | |
S[3] | |
11.81[1][4][6][7] · 11.87±0.35[12] · 11.91[3][9][11] · 12.14[5] | |
1178 Irmela, provisional designation 1931 EC, is a stony asteroid from the middle regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 13 March 1931, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[13] The asteroid was named after Irmela Ruska, wife of Ernst Ruska.[2]
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