1474 Beira

1474 Beira
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date20 August 1935
Designations
(1474) Beira
Named after
Beira[2]
(city in Mozambique)
1935 QY · 1950 DQ
Mars-crosser[1][3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc81.06 yr (29,606 d)
Aphelion4.0740 AU
Perihelion1.3920 AU
2.7330 AU
Eccentricity0.4907
4.52 yr (1,650 days)
19.609°
0° 13m 5.16s / day
Inclination26.683°
323.50°
84.070°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions8.73 km (calculated)[4]
14.9±1.5 km[5]
15±2 km[6]
15.46±1.55 km[7]
4.184±0.001 h[8][9][a]
4.184±0.002 h[10]
0.06±0.01[6]
0.064±0.013[7]
0.07±0.01[5]
0.20 (assumed)[4]
Tholen = FX[1]
SMASS = B[1][4]
B–V = 0.620[1]
U–B = 0.245[1]
12.66[1][4][5][6][7]

1474 Beira, provisional designation 1935 QY, is a bright carbonaceous asteroid and large Mars-crosser on an eccentric orbit from the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 August 1935, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[3] The asteroid was named after the port city of Beira in Mozambique.[2]

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