1682 Karel

1682 Karel
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Karel
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date2 August 1949
Designations
(1682) Karel
Named after
Karel van Houten
(son of astronomers)
Cornelis and Ingrid[2]
1949 PH · 1929 SD
1939 RK · 1946 WC
1949 QQ · 1949 QX1
1949 SL · 1959 PH
1988 CR3
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc87.39 yr (31,918 days)
Aphelion2.6685 AU
Perihelion1.8085 AU
2.2385 AU
Eccentricity0.1921
3.35 yr (1,223 days)
106.49°
0° 17m 39.48s / day
Inclination4.0276°
325.78°
9.9066°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4.80±0.55 km[4]
7.267±0.195 km[5]
7.47 km (calculated)[3]
3.37485±0.00003 h[6]
3.37485±0.00005 h[7]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.278±0.027[5]
0.531±0.124[4]
S[3]
12.70[5] · 12.8[1][3] · 12.82±0.32[8] · 12.90[4]

1682 Karel, provisional designation 1949 PH, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 2 August 1949, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and later named after the son of Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten.[2][9]

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