(1763) Williams
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Asteroid (1763) Williams |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.189 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.743 AU - 2.635 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.238 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.1 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 40 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | October 13, 1953 |
| Another name | 1953 TN 2 , 1939 EO, 1953 VJ, 1966 TN |
| 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. | |
(1763) Williams is a major belt asteroid . It was discovered on October 13, 1953 at the Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn (Indiana) as part of the Indiana University's Indiana Asteroid Program .
The asteroid was named Kenneth P. Williams , a British mathematician and author.