1747 Wright

1747 Wright
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Wright
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. A. Wirtanen
Discovery siteLick Obs.
Discovery date14 July 1947
Designations
(1747) Wright
Named after
William Wright
(observatory's director)[2]
1947 NH
Mars-crosser[1][3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc69.24 yr (25,290 days)
Aphelion1.8977 AU
Perihelion1.5207 AU
1.7092 AU
Eccentricity0.1103
2.23 yr (816 days)
174.63°
0° 26m 27.96s / day
Inclination21.416°
268.39°
340.43°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.17±0.24 km[5]
6.35±0.6 km (IRAS:2)[6]
5.28796±0.00005 h[7]
5.2896±0.0002 h[8][9]
5.290±0.001 h[10]
0.2005±0.043 (IRAS:2)[6]
0.321±0.034[5]
Tholen = unusual, noisy spectrum with resemblances to A-type spectrum[1]
SMASS = Sl[1]
Bus–DeMeo = Sw[11]
13.35[1][4][5][6]

1747 Wright, provisional designation 1947 NH, is a stony asteroid and a sizable Mars-crosser, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 14 July 1947, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California.[3] It was named in memory of astronomer William Hammond Wright.[2]

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