1063 Aquilegia

1063 Aquilegia
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date6 December 1925
Designations
(1063) Aquilegia
Pronunciation/ækwɪˈliːdʒ(i)ə/[2]
Named after
Aquilegia (flowering plant)[3]
1925 XA · 1948 EP
1956 SK · A906 KA
A910 NC · A920 GB
A923 CA
main-belt · (inner)
Flora[4] · background[5]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.49 yr (40,722 days)
Aphelion2.4058 AU
Perihelion2.2223 AU
2.3141 AU
Eccentricity0.0396
3.52 yr (1,286 days)
243.41°
0° 16m 48s / day
Inclination5.9729°
95.327°
107.54°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.288±0.540 km[6]
17.32±3.18 km[7]
17.75±1.2 km[8]
18.93±0.37 km[9]
5.79 h[10]
5.792±0.001 h[11]
0.139±0.006[9]
0.1572±0.023[8]
0.19±0.10[7]
0.389±0.042[6]
X[4][12]
B–V = 0.850[1]
U–B = 0.360[1]
11.04±0.30[12] · 11.32[7] · 11.38[1][4][6][8][9] · 11.51[10]

1063 Aquilegia, provisional designation 1925 XA, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 December 1925, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[13] The asteroid was named after the flowering plant Aquilegia (columbine).[3]

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