1759 Kienle

1759 Kienle
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date11 September 1942
Designations
(1759) Kienle
Named after
Hans Kienle[2]
(German astrophysicist)
1942 RF · 1951 YY
main-belt[1][3] · (middle)
background[4][5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc75.76 yr (27,671 d)
Aphelion3.4829 AU
Perihelion1.8201 AU
2.6515 AU
Eccentricity0.3136
4.32 yr (1,577 d)
268.08°
0° 13m 41.88s / day
Inclination4.5585°
158.71°
206.14°
Physical characteristics
6.909±0.198 km[6]
7.349±0.144 km[7][8]
29.25 h[9]
0.1797[8]
0.203[6][7]
S (S3OS2)[10]
13.15[1][3][6][8][11]

1759 Kienle, provisional designation 1942 RF, is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 11 September 1942, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The S-type asteroid has a longer-than average rotation period of 29.3 hours.[11] It was named for German astrophysicist Hans Kienle.[2]

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