1076 Viola

1076 Viola
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date5 October 1926
Designations
(1076) Viola
Pronunciation/ˈvaɪ.ələ/[2]
Named after
Viola (flowering plant)[3]
1926 TE
main-belt · (inner)
Nysa[4] · background[5]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.48 yr (33,048 days)
Aphelion2.8323 AU
Perihelion2.1164 AU
2.4744 AU
Eccentricity0.1447
3.89 yr (1,422 days)
70.608°
0° 15m 11.52s / day
Inclination3.3195°
143.71°
304.08°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions21.412±7.130 km[6]
21.43±6.81 km[7]
22.0±2.2 km[8]
22.273±0.069 km[9]
22.298±0.117 km[10]
22.63±2.7 km[11]
23.57±7.70 km[12]
24±2 km[13]
26.39±0.61 km[14]
7.336 h[15]
0.032±0.002[14]
0.0375±0.0535[6]
0.04±0.01[8][13]
0.04±0.02[12]
0.04±0.05[7]
0.041±0.004[10]
0.0415±0.012[11]
0.0428±0.0046[9]
Tholen = F[1]
SMASS = C[1][4]
B–V = 0.629[1]
U–B = 0.250[1]
12.21[12] · 12.30[1][4][6][7][8][9][11][13][14]

1076 Viola /ˈvaɪ.ələ/,[16] provisional designation 1926 TE, is a Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 October 1926, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[17] The asteroid was named after the flowering plant Viola.[3]

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