(1171) Rusthawelia
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Asteroid (1171) Rusthawelia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1790 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1959 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5563 AU - 3.8016 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.055 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,668 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.71 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 70.12 km |
| Albedo | 0.039 |
| Rotation period | 10,980 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.608 likes |
| Spectral class | P |
| history | |
| Explorer | S. Arend |
| Date of discovery | October 3, 1930 |
| Another name | 1930 TA, 1926 AD, 1926 FH |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1171) Rusthawelia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 October 1930 by Belgian astronomers Sylvain Arend in Uccle was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli .
The asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on March 14, 1904 was originally called A904 EB, then Adelaide . But since it could not be found again, the name was given to (525) Adelaide . It was not until 1958 that it was noticed that the asteroid described by Max Wolf in 1904 had been rediscovered on October 3, 1930. He received the name (1171) Rusthawelia.