![]() Modelled shape of Vassar from its lightcurve | |
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | G. van Biesbroeck |
Discovery site | Yerkes Obs. |
Discovery date | 27 July 1933 |
Designations | |
(1312) Vassar | |
Named after | Vassar College (Vassar Observatory)[2] |
1933 OT · 1944 QE A908 CD | |
main-belt · (outer)[3] Alauda[4] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 83.67 yr (30,562 days) |
Aphelion | 3.7605 AU |
Perihelion | 2.4268 AU |
3.0937 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2156 |
5.44 yr (1,988 days) | |
104.98° | |
0° 10m 51.96s / day | |
Inclination | 21.901° |
129.45° | |
261.33° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 27.56±6.84 km[5] 32.70±1.29 km[6] 36.28±1.1 km (IRAS:6)[7] 36.32 km (derived)[3] |
7.93189±0.00001 h[8] 7.93190±0.00005 h[9] 7.932±0.002 h[a] | |
0.0643±0.004 (IRAS:6)[7] 0.0703 (derived)[3] 0.081±0.007[6] 0.09±0.07[5] | |
C[3] | |
10.68[5] · 10.7[1][3] · 10.76±0.44[10] · 10.80[6] | |
1312 Vassar, provisional designation 1933 OT, is a carbonaceous Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 July 1933, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin, United States.[11] The asteroid was named for the American Vassar College.
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