(1741) Giclas
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Asteroid (1741) Giclas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,885 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.068 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2,687 AU - 3,082 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.892 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.90 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.53 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 26 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.2 mag |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | January 26, 1960 |
| Another name | 1960 BC, 1953 UY, 1953 VH 1 , 1953 XN, 1963 YD |
| 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. | |
(1741) Giclas is a main belt asteroid . He was on 26 January 1960 at Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn (Indiana) within the Indiana Asteroid Program of the Indiana University discovered.
He was named in honor of Henry Lee Giclas , an American astronomer and professor.