1057 Wanda
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Grigory Abramovich Shajn |
| Discovery date | 16 August 1925 |
| Designations | |
| 1925 QB | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 33079 days (90.57 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.6098 AU (540.02 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1818 AU (326.39 Gm) |
| 2.8958 AU (433.21 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.24655 |
| 4.93 yr (1799.9 d) | |
| 105.532° | |
| 0.20001°/day | |
| Inclination | 3.5158° |
| 258.772° | |
| 112.500° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.18318 AU (177.001 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.88035 AU (281.296 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 49 km |
Mean radius | 20.235 ± 1.05 km |
| 28.8 h (1.20 d) | |
| 0.0446 ± 0.005 | |
| 10.96 | |
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1057 Wanda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1925 QB. Named in the honour of the Polish and Russian writer Wanda Wasilewska.[2] It has a diameter of 49 km.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004–2005 show a rotation period of 28.49 ± 0.03 hours with a brightness variation of 0.14 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1057 Wanda (1925 QB)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volym 1. Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ Pray, Donald P. (September 2005), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 106, 752, 847, 1057, 1630, 1670, 1927 1936, 2426, 2612, 2647, 4087, 5635, 5692, and 6235", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (3): 48–51, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...48P.
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