1728 Goethe Link

1728 Goethe Link
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date12 October 1964
Designations
(1728) Goethe Link
Named after
Dr Goethe Link
(observatory's founder)[2]
1964 TO · 1943 OA
1952 WH · 1955 KE
1956 VD · 1964 UB
1967 JD
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc73.78 yr (26,948 days)
Aphelion2.7923 AU
Perihelion2.3346 AU
2.5634 AU
Eccentricity0.0893
4.10 yr (1,499 days)
22.348°
0° 14m 24.36s / day
Inclination7.1866°
240.52°
66.733°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.58±0.33 km[4]
15.60 km (calculated)[3]
18.18±1.09 km[5]
81±2 h[6]
0.194±0.025[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.251±0.032[4]
S[3][7]
11.10[5] · 11.19±0.27[7] · 11.30[4] · 11.4[1][3]

1728 Goethe Link, provisional designation 1964 TO, is a stony asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 12 October 1964, by Indiana University during its Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[8] It was named after American philanthropist and founder of the discovering observatory Goethe Link.[2]

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