1063 Aquilegia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Discovery date | 6 December 1925 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Aquilegia |
| 1925 XA | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 38418 days (105.18 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.40553 AU (359.862 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2223771 AU (332.46288 Gm) |
| 2.31396 AU (346.163 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0395764 |
| 3.52 yr (1285.7 d) | |
| 75.92034° | |
| 0.2800088°/day | |
| Inclination | 5.9729915° |
| 95.33789° | |
| 107.0655641° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2249 AU (183.24 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.56594 AU (383.859 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17 km |
Mean radius | 8.875 ± 0.6 km |
| 5.792 h (0.2413 d) | |
| 0.1572 ± 0.023 | |
| 11.38 | |
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1063 Aquilegia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1925 XA. It was later named after a genus of plants of the buttercup family, Aquilegia.[2]
It has a diameter of 17 km.
See also
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1063 Aquilegia (1925 XA)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volym 1. Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
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