1174 Marmara, provisional designation 1930 UC, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1930, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany. It measures about 16 kilometer in diameter.[1]
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 October 1930 |
| Designations | |
| (1174) Marmara | |
Named after | Sea of Marmara (Bosporus/Dardanelles)[2] |
| 1930 UC | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 86.72 yr (31,673 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3607 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6956 AU |
| 3.0281 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1098 |
| 5.27 yr (1,925 days) | |
| 227.47° | |
| 0° 11m 13.2s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.074° |
| 1.0132° | |
| 351.99° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 16.21 km 18.142±0.159[3] |
| 12 h (0.50 d) | |
| 0.086±0.025[3] 0.1065±0.025 | |
| 11.4[1] | |
The asteroid was named by the discoverer after the Sea of Marmara, which lies in between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea, connected by the Bosporus and the Dardanelles straits, respectively.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1174 Marmara (1930 UC)" (2017-07-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1174) Marmara. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 99. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R.; et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal. 791 (2): 11. arXiv:1406.6645. Bibcode:2014ApJ...791..121M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books* 1174 Marmara at the JPL Small-Body Database