1346 Gotha

1346 Gotha
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date5 February 1929
Designations
(1346) Gotha
Named after
Gotha[2]
(German city in Thuringia)
1929 CY · 1931 RC1
1948 PL1 · 1952 OC
main-belt · (middle)[3]
background[4] · Eunomia[5]
Orbital characteristics[6]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.53 yr (33,065 d)
Aphelion3.0948 AU
Perihelion2.1599 AU
2.6274 AU
Eccentricity0.1779
4.26 yr (1,556 d)
147.30°
0° 13m 53.04s / day
Inclination13.849°
166.12°
250.00°
Physical characteristics
13.731±0.120 km[7]
13.747±0.325 km[8]
2.64067±0.00002 h[3][9]
0.278±0.009[7]
0.2794±0.0411[8]
S (est.)[3][10]
B–V = 0.840[6]
11.25[6]
11.32[3][8][10]
11.4[1]

1346 Gotha, provisional designation 1929 CY, is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 February 1929, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The presumed S-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 2.6 hours.[3] It was named for the German city of Gotha, located in Thuringia.[2]

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