1312 Vassar

1312 Vassar
Modelled shape of Vassar from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. van Biesbroeck
Discovery siteYerkes Obs.
Discovery date27 July 1933
Designations
(1312) Vassar
Named after
Vassar College
(Vassar Observatory)[2]
1933 OT · 1944 QE
A908 CD
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Alauda[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc83.67 yr (30,562 days)
Aphelion3.7605 AU
Perihelion2.4268 AU
3.0937 AU
Eccentricity0.2156
5.44 yr (1,988 days)
104.98°
0° 10m 51.96s / day
Inclination21.901°
129.45°
261.33°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions27.56±6.84 km[5]
32.70±1.29 km[6]
36.28±1.1 km (IRAS:6)[7]
36.32 km (derived)[3]
7.93189±0.00001 h[8]
7.93190±0.00005 h[9]
7.932±0.002 h[a]
0.0643±0.004 (IRAS:6)[7]
0.0703 (derived)[3]
0.081±0.007[6]
0.09±0.07[5]
C[3]
10.68[5] · 10.7[1][3] · 10.76±0.44[10] · 10.80[6]

1312 Vassar, provisional designation 1933 OT, is a carbonaceous Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 July 1933, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin, United States.[11] The asteroid was named for the American Vassar College.

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