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1045 Michela is a main-belt asteroid that orbits the Sun. It was discovered by George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory on November 19, 1924. The object has a diameter of 6.104 kilometers and an albedo of 0.328. Its rotation period is 2.701 hours, and it possesses an absolute magnitude of 13.04.
The asteroid’s orbital parameters include a semi-major axis of 2.358714662530806 astronomical units and an orbital period of 1323.157482294625 days. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 0.26480 degrees. The periapsis is located at 1.985297587044349 astronomical units, while the apoapsis is at 2.736 astronomical units. Additional orbital elements include a mean anomaly of 301.6894445921955, a longitude of ascending node of 267.68067, and an argument of periapsis of 167.5143058310496.
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Small body data
1045 Michela (A924 WN)
- Orbit class
- Main-belt Asteroid
- Diameter
- 6.104 km
- Albedo
- 0.328
- Rotation period
- 2.701 h
- Absolute magnitude
- 13.030 H
- Earth MOID
- 1 AU
via NASA/JPL Small-Body Database
Key facts
- Discovered by
- G. van Biesbroeck
- Discovery site
- Yerkes Obs.
- Discovery date
- 19 November 1924
- Named after
- Micheline van Biesbroeck , (discoverer's daughter)
- Alternative designations
- 1924 TR · 1953 VB 2 , 1964 XJ · 1976 AL
- Minor planet category
- main-belt · ( inner ) , Massalia
- Observation arc
- 63.64 yr (23,246 d)
- Aphelion
- 2.7348 AU
- Perihelion
- 1.9811 AU
- Semi major axis
- 2.3580 AU
- Orbital period sidereal
- 3.62 yr (1,323 d)
- Mean anomaly
- 259.96 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 16 19.92 / day
- Inclination
- 0.2648°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 267.71°
- Argument of perihelion
- 166.97°
- Mean diameter
- 6.104 ± 0.265 km
- Geometric albedo
- 0.328 ± 0.077
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
1045 Michela, provisional designation 1924 TR, is an stony Massalian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers (4 miles) kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 November 1924, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The S-type asteroid was named after the discoverer's daughter, Micheline van Biesbroeck.
Orbit and classification
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