(1024) Hale

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Asteroid
(1024) Hale
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8662  AU
eccentricity 0.2251
Perihelion - aphelion 2.221 AU - 3.5113 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 16.083 °
Sidereal period 4.852 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.59 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 41.36 km
Dimensions ? Template: Infobox asteroid / maintenance / masskg
Albedo 0.059
Medium density ? g / cm³
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 10,706 likes
Spectral class Ch
history
Explorer George Van Biesbroeck
Date of discovery 1923
Another name 1923 YO 13
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(1024) Hale is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2. December 1923 by the Belgian astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay , Wisconsin was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the American astronomer George Ellery Hale .

The orbit has a semi-major axis of 2.8662 astronomical units and an orbital eccentricity of 0.2251. Thus it moves at a distance of 2.221 ( perihelion ) to 3.5113 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 4.852 a around the sun . The orbit is inclined 16.083 ° to the ecliptic .

The asteroid has a diameter of 41.36 km and an albedo of 0.059.

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