1683 Castafiore

For the character in The Adventures of Tintin, see Bianca Castafiore.

1683 Castafiore
Shape model of Castafiore from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. Arend
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date19 September 1950
Designations
(1683) Castafiore
Named after
Bianca Castafiore
(fictional character)[2]
1950 SL · 1936 PH
1949 HA · 1959 TH
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc80.55 yr (29,420 days)
Aphelion3.2165 AU
Perihelion2.2554 AU
2.7360 AU
Eccentricity0.1756
4.53 yr (1,653 days)
331.16°
0° 13m 4.08s / day
Inclination12.476°
326.66°
346.87°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions18.42±0.79 km[4]
21.159±0.114[5]
21.403±0.075 km[6]
25.44 km (calculated)[3]
13.931±0.003 h[a]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
0.0888±0.0159[6]
0.119±0.017[4]
0.160±0.013[5]
C[3]
11.6[4][6] · 11.66±0.46[7] · 11.7[1][3]

1683 Castafiore, provisional designation 1950 SL, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1950, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, Belgium, and named after the character Bianca Castafiore from The Adventures of Tintin.[8]

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