Back 176 كويپير (كويكب) ARZ (1776) Kuiper Catalan (1776) Койпер CE (1776) Kuiper German 1776 Κάιπερ Greek 1776 Kuiper Esperanto (1776) Kuiper Spanish 1776 Kuiper Basque کویپر ۱۷۷۶ Persian (1776) Kuiper French
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| (1776) Kuiper | |
Named after | Gerard Kuiper[2] (Dutch astronomer) |
| 2520 P-L · 1930 EB 1931 KK · 1938 SU 1952 DQ2 · 1963 FJ | |
| main-belt · (outer) Eos[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 87.08 yr (31,805 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1442 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.0618 AU |
| 3.1030 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0133 |
| 5.47 yr (1,996 days) | |
| 36.958° | |
| 0° 10m 49.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.4929° |
| 176.68° | |
| 306.29° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 35.96±1.6 km (IRAS:9)[4] 39.952±0.432[5] |
| 0.033±0.005[5] 0.0544±0.005 (IRAS:9)[4] | |
| 11.3[1] | |
1776 Kuiper, provisional designation 2520 P-L, is a dark Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 38 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten in collaboration with Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California, and named after Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper.[2][6]
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