1041 Asta

1041 Asta
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date22 March 1925
Designations
(1041) Asta
Named after
Asta Nielsen[2]
(Danish actress)
1925 FA · 1938 SJ1
1949 UQ · 1949 UX
1951 CQ1 · 1956 AT
A906 VA · A917 YB
main-belt · (outer)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.65 yr (40,416 days)
Aphelion3.5142 AU
Perihelion2.6335 AU
3.0738 AU
Eccentricity0.1433
5.39 yr (1,968 days)
203.59°
0° 10m 58.44s / day
Inclination13.934°
60.001°
343.95°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions43.46±10.89 km[5]
44.05±11.20 km[6]
49.43±0.78 km[7]
57.16 km (derived)[3]
58.88±0.87 km[8]
60.571±0.199 km[9]
61.852±1.162 km[10]
7.554±0.001 h[11]
7.99±0.02 h[12]
0.0421±0.0028[10]
0.047±0.002[8]
0.047±0.006[9]
0.0493 (derived)[3]
0.066±0.010[7]
0.07±0.04[5]
0.08±0.06[6]
SMASS = C[1][3] · C[13]
10.08±0.31[13] · 10.10[1][3][5][8][7][10] · 10.17[6]

1041 Asta, provisional designation 1925 FA, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 57 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 March 1925, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[14] The asteroid was likely named after Danish actress Asta Nielsen.

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