| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Gyllenberg, K. Bergedorf |
| Discovery date | 26 November 1916 |
| Designations | |
| (846) Lipperta | |
| Main belt[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 99.23 yr (36245 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.6963 AU (552.96 Gm) (Q) |
| Perihelion | 2.5562 AU (382.40 Gm) (q) |
| 3.1262 AU (467.67 Gm) (a) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.18235 (e) |
| 5.53 yr (2019.0 d) | |
| 27.575° (M) | |
| 0° 10m 41.916s / day (n) | |
| Inclination | 0.26427° (i) |
| 261.44° (Ω) | |
| 129.22° (ω) | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 26.205±0.7 km (IRAS) | |
| Mass | 1.5×1017 kg (assumed) |
| 1,641 h (68.4 d)[1][2] | |
| 0.0506±0.003[1] | |
| 10.26[1] | |
846 Lipperta is a Themistian asteroid.
Based on lightcurve studies, Lipperta has a rotation period of 1641 hours, but this figure is based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.[1] The lack of variation in brightness could be caused by (a) very slow rotation, (b) near pole-on viewing aspect, or (c) a spherical body with uniform albedo.[2]