1602 Indiana

1602 Indiana
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date14 March 1950
Designations
(1602) Indiana
Named after
Indiana (U.S. state)[2]
1950 GF · 1943 DJ
1975 XR
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc74.27 yr (27,128 days)
Aphelion2.4796 AU
Perihelion2.0104 AU
2.2450 AU
Eccentricity0.1045
3.36 yr (1,229 days)
57.226°
0° 17m 34.8s / day
Inclination4.1618°
75.134°
73.437°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.970±0.810 km[4]
8.41±0.59 km[5]
8.515±0.047 km[6]
8.62 km (calculated)[3]
2.57±0.06 h[a]
2.601±0.001 h[7]
2.610±0.001 h[8]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.2503±0.0493[6]
0.259±0.040[5]
0.297±0.095[4]
B–V = 0.930[1]
U–B = 0.550[1]
Tholen = S[1] · S[3]
12.49[1][3][5][6] · 12.57±0.24[9]

1602 Indiana, provisional designation 1950 GF, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 14 March 1950, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, in the United States.[10] It was later named after the U.S. state of Indiana and for Indiana University.[2]

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