Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
Discovery date | 19 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 arc | 84.59 yr (30,896 d) |
Aphelion | 2.4548 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0049 AU |
2.2299 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1009 |
3.33 yr (1,216 d) | |
328.58° | |
0° 17m 45.6s / day | |
Inclination | 2.4418° |
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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