Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 24 September 1916 |
Designations | |
(839) Valborg | |
1916 AJ; 1948 CF; 1952 BW1; 1954 UH1 | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 95.57 yr (34908 d) |
Aphelion | 3.0122 AU (450.62 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.2193 AU (332.00 Gm) |
2.6158 AU (391.32 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.15157 |
4.23 yr (1545.2 d) | |
263.01° | |
0° 13m 58.692s / day | |
Inclination | 12.605° |
338.211° | |
339.558° | |
Earth MOID | 1.21054 AU (181.094 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.32416 AU (347.689 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.357 |
Physical characteristics | |
10.195±0.4 km | |
10.366 h (0.4319 d) | |
0.3534±0.028 | |
10.6 | |
839 Valborg is a mid-sized S-type Eunomian asteroid. Its diameter is about 20 km, its albedo of 0.353 is very high for an asteroid[1]. Its rotation period is 10.366 hours[2].
References
[edit]- ^ "839 Valborg (1916 AJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- Lightcurve plot of 839 Valborg, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2005)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 839 Valborg at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 839 Valborg at the JPL Small-Body Database