1766 Slipher

1766 Slipher
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date7 September 1962
Designations
(1766) Slipher
Named after
Vesto Slipher and
Earl C. Slipher[2]
1962 RF · 1953 UR
1980 RH5
main-belt · (middle)
Padua[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63.04 yr (23,027 days)
Aphelion2.9919 AU
Perihelion2.5066 AU
2.7493 AU
Eccentricity0.0883
4.56 yr (1,665 days)
23.827°
0° 12m 58.32s / day
Inclination5.2283°
188.66°
171.68°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.37±3.73 km[4]
14.74±5.05 km[5]
18.959±0.211 km[6]
19.099±0.218 km[7]
20.21 km (calculated)[8]
20.29±1.06 km[9]
7.677±0.0145 h (S)[8][10]
7.693±0.0145 h (R)[10]
0.044±0.003[6]
0.057 (assumed)[8]
0.0583±0.0096[7]
0.09±0.10[5]
0.091±0.010[9]
0.11±0.13[4]
SMASS = C[1] · X[11] · C[8]
11.70[9] · 12.150±0.001 (R)[10] · 12.20[1][4][8] · 12.3[7] · 12.46[5] · 12.75±0.14[11]

1766 Slipher, provisional designation 1962 RF, is a Paduan asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 September 1962, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Indiana, United States.[12] The asteroid was named after American astronomers Vesto Slipher and his brother Earl C. Slipher.[2]

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