1727 Mette

1727 Mette
Discovery[1]
Discovered byA. D. Andrews
Discovery siteBoyden Obs.
Discovery date25 January 1965
Designations
(1727) Mette
Named after
Mette Andrews
(wife of discoverer)[2]
1965 BA · 1955 DC
Mars-crosser[1] · Hungaria[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc61.54 yr (22,477 days)
Aphelion2.0430 AU
Perihelion1.6652 AU
1.8541 AU
Eccentricity0.1019
2.52 yr (922 days)
322.85°
Inclination22.894°
133.04°
312.94°
Known satellites1(see 2nd infobox)[a]
Earth MOID0.7183 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.44±1.09 km[5]
8.97 km (calculated)[4]
2.427 h[b]
2.63 h[6]
2.637 h[7]
3.22 h[8]
2.981±0.001 h[9]
2.98125±0.00004 h[9]
2.981±0.001 h[10]
2.981±0.003 h[11]
2.9814±0.0001 h[9]
2.98109±0.00007 h[12][13]
2.9808±0.0002 h[14]
2.9812±0.0002 h[15]
3.000±0.014 h[16]
0.20 (assumed)[4]
0.544±0.218[5]
Tholen = S[1][4] · S[17][18]
12.6[1][4][5] · 12.69±0.27[17] · 12.70[18]

1727 Mette, provisional designation 1965 BA, is a binary[a] Hungaria asteroid and Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 25 January 1965, by Irish astronomer David Andrews at Boyden Observatory near Bloemfontein in Free State, South Africa .[3] It was named after the discoverer's wife Mette Andrews.[2]

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