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1299 Mertona

1299 Mertona
Modelled shape of Mertona, from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. Reiss
Discovery siteAlgiers Obs.
Discovery date18 January 1934
Designations
(1299) Mertona
Named after
Gerald Merton
(English astronomer)[2]
1934 BA
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.85 yr (30,260 days)
Aphelion3.3325 AU
Perihelion2.2706 AU
2.8016 AU
Eccentricity0.1895
4.69 yr (1,713 days)
328.61°
0° 12m 36.72s / day
Inclination7.8754°
165.61°
260.44°
Physical characteristics
14.140±0.322 km[6]
14.90±1.23 km[7]
4.977±0.003 h[8]
(73.0°, 35.0°) (λ1/β1)[5]
0.219±0.038[7]
0.243±0.033[6]
unknown
11.277±0.002 (R)[9] · 11.4[10][7] · 11.5[3][11]

1299 Mertona (prov. designation: 1934 BA) is a bright background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 18 January 1934, by French astronomer Guy Reiss at Algiers Observatory, Algeria, in northern Africa.[1] The likely stony asteroid with an unknown spectral type has a rotation period of 5.0 hours and measures approximately 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in diameter. It was named after English astronomer Gerald Merton.[2]

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