Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | M. Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 31 March 1916 |
Designations | |
(1661) Granule | |
Named after | Edward Gall (pathologist)[2][3] |
A916 FA · 1936 PM 1949 QG1 · 1949 SJ 1961 DB | |
main-belt · Flora[4] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 101.07 yr (36,915 days) |
Aphelion | 2.3818 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9857 AU |
2.1838 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0907 |
3.23 yr (1,179 days) | |
121.10° | |
0° 18m 19.44s / day | |
Inclination | 3.0353° |
261.69° | |
328.08° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 7.14 km (calculated)[4] |
24 h[5] | |
0.24 (assumed)[4] | |
S[4][6] | |
12.9[1][4] · 12.99±0.22[6] | |
1661 Granule, also designated A916 FA, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 31 March 1916, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatiry in southern Germany, and named for American pathologist Edward Gall.[2][7]
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