Back 1798 واتس (كويكب) ARZ (1798) Watts CE (1798) Watts German 1798 Γουάτς Greek 1798 Watts Esperanto (1798) Watts Spanish 1798 Watts Basque واتس ۱۷۹۸ Persian (1798) Watts French 1798 Watts Hungarian
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 April 1949 |
| Designations | |
| (1798) Watts | |
Named after | Chester Watts (American astronomer)[2] |
| 1949 GC · 1934 VS 1937 RL · 1970 YB 1973 UD6 | |
| main-belt · Flora[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 82.46 yr (30,117 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4676 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9315 AU |
| 2.1996 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1219 |
| 3.26 yr (1,192 days) | |
| 136.39° | |
| 0° 18m 7.56s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.1941° |
| 44.269° | |
| 4.0161° | |
| Known satellites | 1[4][a] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.45±0.28 km[5] 6.631±0.186 km[6] 6.986±0.060 km[7] 7.14 km (calculated)[3] |
| 3.5060±0.0004 | |
| 0.24 (assumed)[3] 0.2765±0.0258[7] 0.294±0.053[5] | |
| SMASS = S[1] · LS[8] · S[3] | |
| 12.8[7] · 12.9[1][3][5] · 13.05±0.17[8] | |
1798 Watts, provisional designation 1949 GC, is a stony asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 4 April 1949, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[9] The asteroid was named for American astronomer Chester Burleigh Watts.[2] Its small minor-planet moon has a period of 26.96 hours.
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