1967 Menzel

1967 Menzel
Modelled shape of Menzel from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date1 November 1905
Designations
(1967) Menzel
Named after
Donald Menzel
(American astrophysicist)[2]
A905 VC · 1930 DS
1965 SF · 1965 VH
1970 EM · 1973 CE
1975 UH · 1975 VE
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.50 yr (40,724 days)
Aphelion2.5437 AU
Perihelion1.9238 AU
2.2337 AU
Eccentricity0.1388
3.34 yr (1,219 days)
183.67°
0° 17m 42.72s / day
Inclination3.9008°
57.801°
347.83°
Physical characteristics
9.588±0.181 km[1][4]
10.138±0.092 km[5]
10.18 km (taken)[3]
10.182 km[6]
2.834±0.001 h[7]
2.8343±0.0003 h[a]
2.8344±0.0002 h[b]
2.8346±0.0003 h[8]
2.83481±0.00001 h[9]
2.83497±0.00005 h[9]
2.835±0.001 h[10]
2.8350±0.0005 h[11]
2.8364±0.0005 h[12]
2.84±0.03 h[13]
0.2145[6]
0.2279±0.0397[5]
0.251±0.070[1][4]
S[3]
11.76±0.03 (R)[b] · 12.1[1] · 12.21[5] · 12.25±0.058[3][6] · 12.34±0.23[14]

1967 Menzel (prov. designation: A905 VC) is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 November 1905, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and later named after American astrophysicist Donald Howard Menzel.[2][15]

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