1722 Goffin

1722 Goffin
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. Delporte
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date23 February 1938
Designations
(1722) Goffin
Named after
Edwin Goffin
(amateur astronomer)[2]
1938 EG · 1942 DJ
1950 HK · 1952 SW
1952 UQ · 1960 WB
1964 UF · 1964 VD1
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc79.09 yr (28,889 days)
Aphelion2.6369 AU
Perihelion2.3902 AU
2.5135 AU
Eccentricity0.0491
3.99 yr (1,456 days)
42.038°
0° 14m 50.28s / day
Inclination5.4668°
168.12°
283.20°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions10.290±0.118[4]
10.44 km (taken)[3]
10.442 km[5]
10.446±0.130 km[6]
28.8±1.0 h[a]
31 h[7]
0.2175[5]
0.2191±0.0165[6]
0.224±0.041[4]
S(est.)[7] · S[3]
B–V = 0.890[1]
12.18[3][5][6][a] · 12.30[1] · 12.34[7]

1722 Goffin, provisional designation 1938 EG, is a stony asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10.3 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 23 February 1938, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, Belgium.[8] It was later named after Belgian amateur astronomer Edwin Goffin, following a suggestion by Jean Meeus.[2]

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