1217 Maximiliana

Maximiliana
Discovery
Discovered by E. Delporte
Discovery site Uccle
Discovery date 13 March 1932
Designations
MPC designation 1217
Named after
Max Wolf
1932 EC
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 90.14 yr (32922 days)
Aphelion 2.7154723 AU (406.22887 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9906289 AU (297.79384 Gm)
2.353051 AU (352.0114 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1540221
3.61 yr (1318.4 d)
87.193831°
 16m 23.014s / day
Inclination 5.153599°
148.43662°
91.41644°
Earth MOID 0.986296 AU (147.5478 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.30151 AU (344.301 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.535
Physical characteristics
3.1987 h (0.13328 d)
14.39 to 18.13[2]
12.6

    1217 Maximiliana (1932 EC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 13, 1932, by E. Delporte at Uccle. It was later named in honour after Max Wolf, the founder and director of the Observatory at Heidelberg.[3]

    In 1932 there were 188 minor planets discovered.[4]

    Asteroid 1217 Maximiliana (apparent magnitude 15.9) near spiral galaxy NGC 521 (magnitude 13).

    References

    1. "1217 Maximiliana (1932 EC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    2. Magnitudes generated with JPL Horizons for the years 1950 through 2100
    3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
    4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 93, p.269

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