1232 Cortusa

1232 Cortusa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date10 October 1931
Designations
(1232) Cortusa
Pronunciation/kɔːrˈtjsə/[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 arc88.16 yr (32,200 d)
Aphelion3.6109 AU
Perihelion2.7535 AU
3.1822 AU
Eccentricity0.1347
5.68 yr (2,073 d)
279.34°
0° 10m 24.96s / day
Inclination10.362°
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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