1219 Britta

1219 Britta
Shape model of Britta from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date6 February 1932
Designations
(1219) Britta
Named after
unknown[2]
1932 CJ · 1947 XG
1975 FE · A904 SB
A915 BD
main-belt[1][3] · (inner)
Flora[4] · background[5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.51 yr (41,461 d)
Aphelion2.4883 AU
Perihelion1.9390 AU
2.2136 AU
Eccentricity0.1241
3.29 yr (1,203 d)
131.11°
0° 17m 57.48s / day
Inclination4.4135°
42.543°
23.720°
Physical characteristics
9.86±0.34 km[6]
11.43±0.9 km[7]
11.76±0.30 km[8]
5.573±0.001 h[9]
5.574±0.003 h[10]
5.5750±0.0005 h[11]
5.575±0.001 h[12]
5.575 h[13]
5.575 h[14]
5.57556±0.00001 h[15]
5.57557±0.00002 h[16]
0.223±0.013[8]
0.2267±0.040[7]
0.2629 (derived)[4]
0.346±0.041[6]
S (S3OS2)[17]
B–V = 0.913[3]
U–B = 0.514[3]
11.7[3]
11.80[4][6]
11.94[7][8]

1219 Britta, provisional designation 1932 CJ, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers (7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 6 February 1932, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southern Germany.[1] The likely elongated S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 5.57 hours.[4] Any reference of its name to a person is unknown.[2]

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