1661 Granule

1661 Granule
Discovery[1]
Discovered byM. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date31 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 arc101.07 yr (36,915 days)
Aphelion2.3818 AU
Perihelion1.9857 AU
2.1838 AU
Eccentricity0.0907
3.23 yr (1,179 days)
121.10°
0° 18m 19.44s / day
Inclination3.0353°
261.69°
328.08°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.14 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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