1728 Goethe Link
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 12 October 1964 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1728 Goethe Link |
|
Named after
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Goethe Link (observatory's founder) [2] |
| 1964 TO · 1943 OA 1952 WH · 1955 KE 1956 VD · 1964 UB 1967 JD |
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| main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 72.65 yr (26535 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7934 AU (417.89 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.3361 AU (349.48 Gm) |
| 2.5647 AU (383.67 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.089150 |
| 4.11 yr (1500.2 d) | |
| 238.73° | |
| Inclination | 7.1829° |
| 240.55° | |
| 66.247° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.33032 AU (199.013 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.37712 AU (355.612 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 18.18±1.09 km [4] 14.58±0.33 km [5] 15.60 km (calculated) [3] |
| 81 h (3.4 d) [1][6] | |
| 0.194±0.025 [4] 0.251±0.032 [5] 0.20 (assumed) [3] |
|
| S [3] | |
| 11.4 | |
1728 Goethe Link, provisional designation 1964 TO, is a stony asteroid and possibly slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program at the U.S. Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, on 12 October 1964.[7]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–2.8 AU once every 4.11 years (1,500 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.09 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has an albedo of 0.19 and 0.25, based on observations from the Akari and WISE/NEOWISE space missions.[4][5] The asteroid might be a slow rotator with a provisional light-curve analysis made in 2005, rendering a long rotation period of 81 hours.[6]
The minor planet was named in honor of Indianapolis surgeon Dr. Goethe Link. He was an enthusiastic amateur astronomer and generous supporter of astronomy, who built the Goethe Link Observatory in the late 1930s and donated it to Indiana University in 1948.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- 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
- 1728 Goethe Link at the JPL Small-Body Database
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