267 Tirza

Minor Planet | name=267 Tirza
discoverer=Auguste Charlois
discovery_date=May 27, 1887
designations=A922 AA, 1965 GC
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=414.864 Gm (2.773 AU)
perihelion=372.406 Gm (2.489 AU)
aphelion=457.322 Gm (3.057 AU)
eccentricity=0.102
period=1686.787 d (4.62 a)
inclination=6.012°
asc_node=73.927°
arg_peri=196.765°
mean_anomaly=151.297°
speed=17.89 km/s
dimensions=53.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=5.9 h
spectral_class=DU
abs_mag=10.5
albedo=0.040
temperature="unknown"

267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 27, 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.

It was named after Tirzah, a woman in the Bible.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]