1837 Osita

1837 Osita
Shape model of Osita from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJ. Gibson
Discovery siteEl Leoncito Complex
Discovery date16 August 1971
Designations
(1837) Osita
Named after
Ursula Gibson
(astronomer's wife)[2]
1971 QZ1 · 1962 XQ
1968 QB1 · 1972 YJ1
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc54.27 yr (19,823 days)
Aphelion2.3955 AU
Perihelion2.0158 AU
2.2057 AU
Eccentricity0.0861
3.28 yr (1,196 days)
93.913°
0° 18m 3.24s / day
Inclination3.8455°
280.93°
315.11°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.14 km (calculated)[3]
7.530±0.119[4]
7.693±0.061 km[5]
7.85±0.29 km[6]
7.94±0.58 km[7]
3.8186±0.0020 h[8]
3.81862±0.0001 [9]
3.81880±0.00005 h[10]
0.194±0.030[7]
0.198±0.024[6]
0.2067±0.0254[5]
0.216±0.019[4]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
AQ[11] · S[3]
12.674±0.001 (R)[8] · 12.81±0.23[11] · 12.9[1][3][5][6][7]

1837 Osita (prov. designation: 1971 QZ1) is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 August 1971, by American astronomer James Gibson at the Yale–Columbia Southern Station of the Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina, who named it after his wife Ursula ("Osita").[12]

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