Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 10 October 1931 |
Designations | |
(1232) Cortusa | |
Pronunciation | /kɔːrˈtjuːsə/[2] |
Named after | Cortusa[3] (flowering plant) |
1931 TF2 · 1930 OH | |
main-belt[1][4] · (outer) background[5][6] | |
Orbital characteristics[4] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 88.16 yr (32,200 d) |
Aphelion | 3.6109 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7535 AU |
3.1822 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1347 |
5.68 yr (2,073 d) | |
279.34° | |
0° 10m 24.96s / day | |
Inclination | 10.362° |
261.21° | |
340.44° | |
Physical characteristics | |
33.13±2.3 km[7] 36.367±0.463 km[8][9] 36.60±9.07 km[10] 39.17±11.98 km[11] 42.015±0.259 km[12] 42.20±1.11 km[13] 43.27±0.82 km[14] | |
25.16±0.02 h[15] | |
0.072[14] 0.0833[12] 0.085[13] 0.120[8][11] 0.1339[7] 0.14[10] | |
X (SDSS-MOC)[16] | |
10.20[7][8][11][12][13] 10.3[1][4] 10.35[10] | |
1232 Cortusa, provisional designation 1931 TF2, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 10 October 1931, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The X-type asteroid has a rotation period of 25.2 hours.[17] It was named after the plant Cortusa and indirectly honors astronomer Gustav Stracke.[3]
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