Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Delporte |
Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
Discovery date | 23 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 arc | 79.09 yr (28,889 days) |
Aphelion | 2.6369 AU |
Perihelion | 2.3902 AU |
2.5135 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0491 |
3.99 yr (1,456 days) | |
42.038° | |
0° 14m 50.28s / day | |
Inclination | 5.4668° |
168.12° | |
283.20° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 10.290±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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