1615 Bardwell

1615 Bardwell
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date28 January 1950
Designations
(1615) Bardwell
Named after
Conrad Bardwell (astronomer)[2]
1950 BW · 1926 TO
1937 TJ · 1948 RB1
1948 RH1 · 1948 TG
main-belt · Themis[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.49 yr (33,053 days)
Aphelion3.6887 AU
Perihelion2.5664 AU
3.1275 AU
Eccentricity0.1794
5.53 yr (2,020 days)
169.71°
0° 10m 41.52s / day
Inclination1.6901°
152.55°
252.97°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions21.92±5.97 km[4]
25.01±1.49 km[5]
27.78±1.6 km (IRAS:5)[6]
28.8±2.9 km[7]
29.139±0.148 km[8]
31±3 km[9]
31.579±0.250 km[10]
18 h[a]
0.0497±0.0192[10]
0.05±0.01[9]
0.060±0.010[8][7]
0.0642±0.008 (IRAS:5)[6]
0.079±0.015[5]
0.09±0.06[4]
Tholen = B[1] · B[3]
B–V = 0.692[1]
U–B = 0.329[1]
11.38[1][3][5][6][7][9][10] · 11.46[4]

1615 Bardwell, provisional designation 1950 BW, is a rare-type Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 January 1950, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[11] It is named for American astronomer Conrad Bardwell.[2]

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