1366 Piccolo

1366 Piccolo
Modelled shape of Piccolo from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. Delporte
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date29 November 1932
Designations
(1366) Piccolo
Named after
Auguste Cauvin[2]
(Chief-editor Le Soir)
1932 WA · 1930 FA1
1931 PC · 1931 RJ1
1935 GM · 1935 JM
1950 KL · 1961 TL1
1961 VP · A916 NB
main-belt · (outer)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc84.51 yr (30,868 days)
Aphelion3.2803 AU
Perihelion2.4686 AU
2.8745 AU
Eccentricity0.1412
4.87 yr (1,780 days)
245.21°
0° 12m 7.92s / day
Inclination9.4758°
24.147°
282.70°
Physical characteristics
26.92±1.03 km[5]
27.50 km (derived)[3]
27.55±1.8 km[6]
28.02±2.68 km[7]
29.9 km[8]
16.048±0.003 h[9]
16.05±0.05 h[9]
16.1834±0.0005 h[10]
16.57 h[11]
0.131[8]
0.1447 (derived)[3]
0.1538±0.022[6]
0.167±0.014[5]
0.199±0.251[7]
X[12] · S[3]
B–V = 0.710[1]
U–B = 0.180[1]
10.14[7] · 10.24±0.30[12] · 10.45[1][5][6][8] · 10.52[3][11]

1366 Piccolo, provisional designation 1932 WA, is an asteroid from the background population of the outer asteroid belt, approximately 28 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 November 1932, by astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle.[13] The asteroid was named after Auguste Cauvin, chief-editor of the Belgian newspaper Le Soir.[2]

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