Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
Discovery date | 8 October 1953 |
Designations | |
(1762) Russell | |
Named after | Henry Norris Russell[2] (American astronomer)[2] |
1953 TZ · 1947 LM 1953 TW2 · 1956 GF 1963 VN | |
main-belt · (outer) Koronis[3][4] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 69.52 yr (25,393 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0998 AU |
Perihelion | 2.6514 AU |
2.8756 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0780 |
4.88 yr (1,781 days) | |
21.771° | |
0° 12m 7.56s / day | |
Inclination | 2.2793° |
160.64° | |
233.54° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 15.61 km (calculated)[3] 16.576±0.195 km[5] 16.93±0.97 km[6] 17.03±0.21 km[7] 17.033±0.209 km[7] |
12.797±0.007 h[8] | |
0.118±0.015[6] 0.1227±0.0369[5] 0.201±0.022[7] 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
S[3] | |
11.20[7][1][3] · 11.69±0.12[9] · 11.80[6][5] | |
1762 Russell, provisional designation 1953 TZ, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, on 8 October 1953.[10] The asteroid was named after American astronomer Henry Norris Russell.[2]
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