1960 Guisan

1960 Guisan
Discovery[1]
Discovered byP. Wild
Discovery siteZimmerwald Obs.
Discovery date25 October 1973
Designations
(1960) Guisan
Named after
Henri Guisan (General)[2]
1973 UA · 1961 VC1
1969 UR2
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc61.49 yr (22,461 days)
Aphelion2.8352 AU
Perihelion2.2185 AU
2.5268 AU
Eccentricity0.1220
4.02 yr (1,467 days)
74.212°
0° 14m 43.44s / day
Inclination8.4737°
22.213°
263.99°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions24.55±1.2 km (IRAS:5)[4]
24.65±0.28 km[5]
27.004±0.176 km[6]
27.23±0.57 km[7]
28.411±0.105 km[8]
8.46 h[9]
0.0370±0.0050[8]
0.041±0.003[7][6]
0.049±0.011[5]
0.0496±0.005 (IRAS:5)[4]
C[3]
B–V = 0.720[1]
U–B = 0.290[1]
11.93[1][3][7][8][5][9] · 11.93 (IRAS:5)[4]

1960 Guisan, provisional designation 1973 UA, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 25 October 1973, by astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, and named after Swiss General Henri Guisan.[2][10]

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