1251 Hedera

Hedera
Discovery
Discovered by	Reinmuth, K.
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	25 January 1933
Designations
MPC designation	1251
Named after	Ivy
Alternative names	1933 BE
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	101.18 yr (36955 days)
Aphelion	3.1449246 AU (470.47402 Gm)
Perihelion	2.2885286 AU (342.35901 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.716727 AU (406.4166 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1576154
Orbital period	4.48 yr (1635.6 d)
Mean anomaly	327.77508°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 12.388^s / day
Inclination	6.049154°
Longitude of ascending node	140.65448°
Argument of perihelion	217.58048°
Earth MOID	1.2867 AU (192.49 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.29166 AU (342.827 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.334
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	19.9000 h (0.82917 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.50

1251 Hedera (1933 BE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 25, 1933, by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg.^[1] It was later named after the genus of plants, Hedera.^[2]

References

1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 102. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

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