- 1322 Coppernicus
Minor Planet
name=1322 Coppernicus
discoverer=K. Reinmuth
discovery_date=15 June 1934
designations=1934 LA
category=Main belt
epoch=
semimajor=
perihelion=
aphelion=
eccentricity=0.2345
period=3.772 a
inclination=23.348°
asc_node=298.466°
arg_peri=99.333°
mean_anomaly=206.388°
speed=18.07 km/s
dimensions=12.2 km
mass=7.7×1014? kg
density=1.1 g/cm³
gravity=0.0017? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0043? km/s
rotation= 3.967 h
spectral_class=S
abs_mag=12.399
albedo=0.160
temperature=~171 K(1322) Coppernicus is an
asteroid orbiting theSun . It was discovered on15 June 1934 by the German astronomerKarl Wilhelm Reinmuth inHeidelberg .The name refers to astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus , with the spelling according to the one preferred by the biographerLeopold Prowe .External links
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* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-01322.html Johnston Archive entry for 1322 Coppernicus]
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