1998 Titius

1998 Titius
Discovery[1]
Discovered byA. Bohrmann
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date24 February 1938
Designations
(1998) Titius
Named after
Johann Titius (astronomer)[2]
1938 DX1 · 1966 TF
main-belt · (inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc79.27 yr (28,955 days)
Aphelion2.5750 AU
Perihelion2.2643 AU
2.4196 AU
Eccentricity0.0642
3.76 yr (1,375 days)
335.11°
0° 15m 42.84s / day
Inclination7.6265°
351.78°
246.70°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions10.79 km (calculated)[3]
14.24±0.17 km[4]
14.782±0.081 km[5]
15.98±0.35 km[6]
6.13±0.01 h[7]
0.093±0.004[6]
0.1066±0.0037[5]
0.126±0.031[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
SMASS = Xc[1]
M[5] · C[8] · X[3]
12.10[4] · 12.15±0.22[8] · 12.2[1][3][5][6]

1998 Titius, provisional designation 1938 DX1, is a metallic–carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 24 February 1938, by German astronomer Alfred Bohrmann at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany.[9] On the same night, the body was also observed at the Finnish Turku Observatory.[9] It was later named after astronomer Johann Daniel Titius.[2]

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