Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | P. Wild |
Discovery site | Zimmerwald Obs. |
Discovery date | 6 March 1961 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1657) Roemera |
Named after | Elizabeth Roemer (American astronomer)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1961 EA · 1932 AB |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (inner)[3] Phocaea[4] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.79 yr (30,971 days) |
Aphelion | 2.9032 AU |
Perihelion | 1.7946 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.3489 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.2360 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.60 yr (1,315 days) |
Mean anomaly | 253.33° |
Inclination | 23.372° |
Longitude of ascending node | 105.32° |
Argument of perihelion | 54.409° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 7.665±0.219 km[5] 8.04 km (calculated)[3] |
Synodic rotation period | 4.5±1 h[6] 34.0±0.1 h[7] |
Geometric albedo | 0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.220±0.030[5] |
Spectral type | Tholen = S[1] · S[3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.84[1][5] · 12.89±0.16[3][6][8] |
1657 Roemera, provisional designation 1961 EA, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 March 1961, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, and later named after American astronomer Elizabeth Roemer.[2][9]
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