1441 Bolyai

1441 Bolyai
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. Kulin
Discovery siteKonkoly Obs.
Discovery date26 November 1937
Designations
(1441) Bolyai
Named after
János Bolyai
(Hungarian mathematician)[2]
1937 WA
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc79.57 yr (29,064 days)
Aphelion3.2591 AU
Perihelion2.0031 AU
2.6311 AU
Eccentricity0.2387
4.27 yr (1,559 days)
287.12°
0° 13m 51.24s / day
Inclination13.918°
254.02°
116.01°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions12.31±3.67 km[4]
13.50±3.27 km[5]
14.65±6.43 km[6]
14.75 km (derived)[3]
14.76±1.4 km (IRAS:2)[7]
0.0426 (derived)[3]
0.0467±0.011 (IRAS:2)[7]
0.047±0.101[6]
0.05±0.03[5]
0.05±0.07[4]
(S)/C (assumed)[3]
13.1[5][6][7] · 13.2[1][3] · 13.35[4]

1441 Bolyai, provisional designation 1937 WA, is a dark asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 November 1937, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary.[8] The asteroid was named after Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai.[2]

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