267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.[citation needed]
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 27 May 1887 |
| Designations | |
| (267) Tirza | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɜːrzə/[1] |
Named after | Tirzah |
| A887 KB, 1922 AA 1965 GC | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.44 yr (39609 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.04773 AU (455.934 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.50143 AU (374.209 Gm) |
| 2.77458 AU (415.071 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.098448 |
| 4.62 yr (1688.1 d) | |
| 327.898° | |
| 0° 12m 47.732s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.00306° |
| 73.7538° | |
| 196.255° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 52.68±3.1 km |
| 7.648 h (0.3187 d) | |
| 0.0402±0.005 | |
| DU | |
| 10.2 | |
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 27 May 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.[citation needed]
It was named after Tirzah, a name used in the Song of Solomon.[3]
References
edit- ^ 'Tirzah' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "267 Tirza". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz (5 August 2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540002383 – via Google Books.
External links
edit- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
- 267 Tirza at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 267 Tirza at the JPL Small-Body Database
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