1252 Celestia

1252 Celestia
Discovery[1]
Discovered byF. L. Whipple
Discovery siteOak Ridge Obs.
Discovery date19 February 1933
Designations
(1252) Celestia
Named after
Celestia Whipple[2]
(discoverer's mother)
1933 DG · 1934 PA1
main-belt[1][3] · (middle)
Pallas[4] · background[5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.57 yr (31,254 d)
Aphelion3.2535 AU
Perihelion2.1350 AU
2.6943 AU
Eccentricity0.2076
4.42 yr (1,615 d)
137.14°
0° 13m 22.44s / day
Inclination33.839°
140.91°
63.589°
Physical characteristics
17.39±1.6 km[6]
19.037±0.304 km[7][8]
20.36±0.69 km[9]
21.542±0.155 km[10]
21.56±0.95 km[11]
10.636 h[12]
0.167[11]
0.1714[10]
0.193[9]
0.215[7][8]
0.2573[6]
Tholen = S[4]
SMASS = S[4]
B–V = 0.890[4]
U–B = 0.425[4]
10.89[1][3][6][7][9][10][11]

1252 Celestia, provisional designation 1933 DG, is a stony asteroid located in the central asteroid belt. It was discovered on 19 February 1933, by astronomer Fred Whipple at the Oak Ridge Observatory operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts, United States.[1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.6 hours and measures approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter.[13] It was named after the discoverer's mother, Celestia MacFarland Whipple.[2]

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