1079 Mimosa

1079 Mimosa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. van Biesbroeck
Discovery siteYerkes Obs.
Discovery date14 January 1927
Designations
(1079) Mimosa
Pronunciation/mɪˈmoʊzə, -sə/[2]
Named after
Mimosa (flowering plant)[3]
1927 AD · 1961 AM
main-belt · (outer)
Koronis[4] · Karin[5]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.80 yr (33,165 days)
Aphelion3.0127 AU
Perihelion2.7332 AU
2.8729 AU
Eccentricity0.0486
4.87 yr (1,779 days)
253.25°
0° 12m 8.64s / day
Inclination1.1764°
329.37°
106.35°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions19.01±1.20 km[6]
20.67 km (derived)[4]
20.69±2.7 km[1][5]
7.3 h[7]
24 h[8]
64.6±0.5 h[9]
0.1332 (derived)[4]
0.1367±0.044[1]
0.174±0.025[6]
Tholen = S[1][4] · S[10]
B–V = 0.800[1]
U–B = 0.393[1]
11.1[1] · 11.18±0.02[9] · 11.20[6] · 11.23[4][7] · 11.30±0.26[10]

1079 Mimosa, provisional designation 1927 AD, is a stony Karin or Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 January 1927, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.[11] The asteroid was named after the flowering plant Mimosa.[3]

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