Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | J. Gibson |
Discovery site | El Leoncito Complex |
Discovery date | 16 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 arc | 54.27 yr (19,823 days) |
Aphelion | 2.3955 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0158 AU |
2.2057 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0861 |
3.28 yr (1,196 days) | |
93.913° | |
0° 18m 3.24s / day | |
Inclination | 3.8455° |
280.93° | |
315.11° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 7.14 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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