1607 Mavis

1607 Mavis
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Mavis
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. Johnson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date3 September 1950
Designations
(1607) Mavis
Named after
Mavis Bruwer
(wife of astronomer)
Jacobus Bruwer[2]
1950 RA · 1934 VQ
1958 OB · 1958 PD
A903 BH
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc114.29 yr (41,743 days)
Aphelion3.3268 AU
Perihelion1.7728 AU
2.5498 AU
Eccentricity0.3047
4.07 yr (1,487 days)
158.86°
0° 14m 31.56s / day
Inclination8.5789°
122.53°
235.96°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.57±1.76 km[4]
12.10 km (derived)[3]
12.756±0.210 km[5][6]
14.91±0.25 km[7]
6.1339±0.0004 h[8]
6.1508±0.0005 h[9]
0.189±0.007[7]
0.193±0.021[6]
0.2487±0.0428[5]
0.31±0.11[4]
0.3320 (derived)[3]
S[3][10]
11.29±0.27[10] · 11.4[1][3] · 11.54[4] · 11.6[7][5]

1607 Mavis, provisional designation 1950 RA, is a stony asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 September 1950, by South African astronomer Ernest Johnson at Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[11] It was later named after the wife of astronomer Jacobus Bruwer.[2]

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