1286 Banachiewicza

1286 Banachiewicza
Modelled shape of Banachiewicza
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. Arend
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date25 August 1933
Designations
(1286) Banachiewicza
Named after
Tadeusz Banachiewicz[2]
(Polish astronomer)
1933 QH · 1928 SE
1954 UJ
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Eos[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc88.78 yr (32,428 days)
Aphelion3.2926 AU
Perihelion2.7553 AU
3.0240 AU
Eccentricity0.0888
5.26 yr (1,921 days)
29.653°
0° 11m 14.64s / day
Inclination9.7486°
200.46°
107.58°
Physical characteristics
  • 21.474±0.208 km[5]
  • 21.84±0.49 km[6]
  • 22.569±0.129 km[7]
8.631±0.001 h[8]
  • (214.0°, 62.0°) (λ1/β1)[9]
  • (64.0°, 60.0°) (λ2/β2)[9]
  • 0.1554±0.0270[7]
  • 0.170±0.014[5]
  • 0.171±0.009[6]
Tholen = S[1][3]
B–V = 0.850[1]
U–B = 0.430[1]
10.626±0.009 (R)[10] · 10.88[1][3][6][7]

1286 Banachiewicza (prov. designation: 1933 QH) is an elongated Eos asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 25 August 1933, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle.[11] The stony S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8.6 hours and measures approximately 21 kilometers (13 miles) in diameter. It was named after Polish astronomer Tadeusz Banachiewicz.[2]

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