1743 Schmidt

1743 Schmidt
Shape model of Schmidt from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date24 September 1960
Designations
(1743) Schmidt
Named after
Bernhard Schmidt[2]
(German optician)
4109 P-L · 1931 BJ
1939 CN · 1943 EA
1947 GD · 1951 JU
1952 QD
main-belt[1][3] · (inner)
background[4][5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc87.76 yr (32,056 d)
Aphelion2.8066 AU
Perihelion2.1405 AU
2.4736 AU
Eccentricity0.1346
3.89 yr (1,421 d)
202.34°
0° 15m 11.88s / day
Inclination6.3568°
189.64°
359.51°
Physical characteristics
17.00–17.01 km[6][7]
17.28±1.4 km[8]
18.230±6.626 km[9]
19.062±0.133 km[10]
19.338±0.105 km[11][12]
20.69±0.31 km[13]
20.78±0.43 km[14]
17.45 h[15]
0.042[13]
0.045[14]
0.0495[10]
0.0502[9]
0.057[11][12]
0.06[6][7]
0.0603[8]
C (SMASS-I)[4]
B–V = 0.620[3]
U–B = 0.260[3]
12.47[7]
12.48[1][3][6][8][9][10][11][13][14][15]

1743 Schmidt, provisional designation 4109 P-L, is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California.[1] The C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 17.5 hours.[16] It was named for the optician Bernhard Schmidt.[2]

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