1798 Watts

1798 Watts
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date4 April 1949
Designations
(1798) Watts
Named after
Chester Watts
(American astronomer)[2]
1949 GC · 1934 VS
1937 RL · 1970 YB
1973 UD6
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.46 yr (30,117 days)
Aphelion2.4676 AU
Perihelion1.9315 AU
2.1996 AU
Eccentricity0.1219
3.26 yr (1,192 days)
136.39°
0° 18m 7.56s / day
Inclination6.1941°
44.269°
4.0161°
Known satellites1[4][a]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.45±0.28 km[5]
6.631±0.186 km[6]
6.986±0.060 km[7]
7.14 km (calculated)[3]
3.5060±0.0004
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.2765±0.0258[7]
0.294±0.053[5]
SMASS = S[1] · LS[8] · S[3]
12.8[7] · 12.9[1][3][5] · 13.05±0.17[8]

1798 Watts, provisional designation 1949 GC, is a stony asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 4 April 1949, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[9] The asteroid was named for American astronomer Chester Burleigh Watts.[2] Its small minor-planet moon has a period of 26.96 hours.

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