1729 Beryl

1729 Beryl
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date19 September 1963
Designations
(1729) Beryl
Named after
Beryl H. Potter[2]
(research assistant)
1963 SL · 1933 ST
1942 EW · 1949 JL
1950 VR · 1952 DO2
1955 BD · 1959 JB
1959 JL · 1959 LH
1972 GD2
main-belt[1][3] · (inner)
background[4][5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc84.59 yr (30,896 d)
Aphelion2.4548 AU
Perihelion2.0049 AU
2.2299 AU
Eccentricity0.1009
3.33 yr (1,216 d)
328.58°
0° 17m 45.6s / day
Inclination2.4418°
9.0601°
262.31°
Physical characteristics
9.037±1.031 km[6][7]
4.8888±0.0003 h[8]
0.246[6][7]
SMASS = S[3][9]
12.130±0.001 (R)[10]
12.36[7]
12.40[6]
12.5[1][3][9]

1729 Beryl, provisional designation 1963 SL, is a stony background asteroid from the Florian region in the inner asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1963, by astronomers at Indiana University during the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Indiana, United States.[1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 4.9 hours.[9] It was named for Beryl H. Potter, a long-time research assistant of the discovering program.[2]

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