- 1123 Shapleya
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name = 1123 Shapleya cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1123 | accessdate= October 17 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discovery = yes
discoverer = Neujmin, G.
discovered = 1928-Sep-21
epoch = Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
aphelion = 2.5727440 AU
perihelion = 1.8780118 AU
semimajor = 2.2253779 AU
eccentricity = 0.1560931
period = 1212.5623480 days
3.32 years
inclination = 6.41921 °
asc_node = 79.98511 °
mean_anomaly = 278.34093 °
arg_peri = 317.32200 °
physical_characteristics = yes| dimensions =
abs_magnitude = 11.7 mag
rotation= >20. h1123 Shapleya is a
main belt asteroid orbiting theSun . It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 3 years. The time it takes to complete one rotation is greater than 20 hours. It was discovered byGrigory Nikolaevich Neujmin onSeptember 21 ,1928 . It was named after American astronomer and director ofHarvard Observatory Harlow Shapley . [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ]References
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