- 1054 Forsytia
Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=1054 Forsytia
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Karl William Reinmuth
discovered=November 20 ,1925
alt_names=A907 EA; 1925 WD; 1962 DD
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=April 10 ,2007 (JD 2454200.5)
semimajor=436.604 Gm (2.919 AU)
perihelion=375.654 Gm (2.511 AU)
aphelion=497.554 Gm (3.326 AU)
eccentricity=0.140
period=1821.135 d (4.99 a)
inclination=10.864°
asc_node=86.067°
arg_peri=294.422°
mean_anomaly=134.413°
avg_speed=17.35 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=45.5 km
mass=9.9e|16? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0127? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0241? km/s
sidereal_day= 0.3188 d (7.650 h) [Gross, J.; Minor Planet Bulletin, No. 30, pp. 44-46 (2003)]
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=10.3
albedo=0.0648±0.014 [IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0]
single_temperature=~164 K(1054) Forsytia is an
asteroid discovered on20 November 1925 by German astronomerKarl William Reinmuth inHeidelberg .It is named after the "
Forsythia " genus of flowering shrubs.ee also
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List of asteroids/1001-2000 References
External links
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