1683 Castafiore

Infobox Planet
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name = Castafiore
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = Sylvain Arend
discovery_site = Uccle
discovered = September 19, 1950
designations = yes
mp_name = 1683
alt_names = 1950 SL
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orbit_ref =
epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.2256554
perihelion = 2.2418824
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.1799298
period = 1650.9773373
avg_speed =
inclination = 12.50050
asc_node = 326.75946
mean_anomaly = 310.75415
arg_peri = 346.46103
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
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abs_magnitude = 11.6

1683 Castafiore (1950 SL) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 19, 1950 by Sylvain Arend at Uccle.

Bianca Castafiore is a fictional character in the running comic strip The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1683+Castafiore JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1683 Castafiore]