1078 Mentha

1078 Mentha
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date7 December 1926
Designations
(1078) Mentha
Pronunciation/ˈmɛnθə/[2]
Named after
Mentha (flowering plant)[3]
1926 XB& · 1951 CF1
1952 LD · A917 CB[4]
A924 EP
main-belt · (inner)[5]
background[6]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc93.66 yr (34,208 days)
Aphelion2.5832 AU
Perihelion1.9555 AU
2.2693 AU
Eccentricity0.1383
3.42 yr (1,249 days)
142.04°
0° 17m 17.88s / day
Inclination7.3716°
93.851°
43.568°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.94±0.28 km[7]
12.619±0.242 km[8]
13.59±3.01 km[9]
13.660±0.134 km[10]
13.675 km[11]
13.68 km (taken)[5]
15.37±2.11 km[12]
82.870±0.2341 h[13]
85±2 h[14]
0.126±0.259[12]
0.1641[11]
0.1819±0.0375[10]
0.262±0.041[8]
0.31±0.18[9]
0.343±0.020[7]
Tholen = S[1][5]
B–V = 0.889[1]
U–B = 0.490[1]
11.33±0.11[15] · 11.455±0.002 (R)[13] · 11.60[9] · 11.80[1][7][10] · 11.9[5] · 11.9±0.2[11][14] · 11.94[12]

1078 Mentha, provisional designation 1926 XB, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 December 1926, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[16] Only in 1958, it was realized that this object was a rediscovery of an already numbered but lost asteroid (864 Aase).[4]

The asteroid was named after the flowering plant of the mint family, Mentha.[3] It has a longer-than average spin rate of 85 hours and possibly an irregular, elongated shape.[5]

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