1112 Polonia

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1112 Polonia
Discovery [1]
Discovered by P. Shajn
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date 15 August 1928
Designations
MPC designation 1112 Polonia
Named after
Poland[2]
1928 PE · 1933 PA
A908 XA
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.96 yr (31,763 days)
Aphelion 3.3407 AU
Perihelion 2.7017 AU
3.0212 AU
Eccentricity 0.1057
5.25 yr (1918.1 days)
138.47°
Inclination 8.9932°
302.90°
87.628°
Earth MOID 1.7263 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 35.8 km
82.5 h
0.1319
B–V = 0.797
U–B = 0.447
Tholen = S
10.05

1112 Polonia, provisional designation 1928 PE, is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.4 AU. It was discovered by Pelageya Shajn on August 15, 1928, and independently discovered by her colleague Grigory Neujmin, both at Simeiz Observatory in Crimea. The 36-kilometer in diameter, S-type asteroid was the first to be discovered by a female astronomer.[1][2]

The asteroid was given the Latin name of the country of Poland.[2]

References

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