1672 Gezelle

1672 Gezelle
Shape model of Gezelle from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. Delporte
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date29 January 1935
Designations
(1672) Gezelle
Named after
Guido Gezelle
(poet and priest)[2]
1935 BD · 1929 AA
1933 SE1 · 1939 VK
1950 SX · 1978 NA8
A924 EO
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc83.62 yr (30,542 days)
Aphelion4.0486 AU
Perihelion2.2952 AU
3.1719 AU
Eccentricity0.2764
5.65 yr (2,063 days)
183.87°
0° 10m 28.2s / day
Inclination1.0672°
181.29°
255.12°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions26.205±0.202 km[4]
26.335±0.216 km[5]
26.56±1.86 km[6]
27.90 km (calculated)[3]
40.6821±0.0001 h[7]
40.6824±0.0005 h[8]
40.72±0.01 h[9]
0.055±0.004[5]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
0.092±0.014[6]
0.0936±0.0162[4]
C[3][10]
11.10[6] · 11.1[4] · 11.46±0.32[10] · 11.5[1][3]

1672 Gezelle, provisional designation 1935 BD, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1935, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, Belgium.[11] It was later named after Flemish poet and Roman Catholic priest Guido Gezelle.[2]

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