![]() Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Datura | |
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | G. van Biesbroeck |
Discovery site | Yerkes Obs. |
Discovery date | 17 December 1930 |
Designations | |
(1270) Datura | |
Pronunciation | /dəˈtʊərə, -tjʊərə/[2] |
Named after | Datura stramonium[3] (flowering plant) |
1930 YE · 1953 XF1 A913 VB | |
main-belt[1][4] · (inner) Datura[5] | |
Orbital characteristics[4] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 87.43 yr (31,934 d) |
Aphelion | 2.7003 AU |
Perihelion | 1.7681 AU |
2.2342 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2086 |
3.34 yr (1,220 d) | |
122.36° | |
0° 17m 42.36s / day | |
Inclination | 5.9859° |
97.802° | |
258.98° | |
Physical characteristics | |
7.83±0.37 km[6] 8.203±0.152 km[7][8] | |
3.359 h[9] | |
0.288[7][8] 0.291[6] | |
S[9] | |
12.40[7][8] 12.50[1][4][6] 12.61±0.12[10][11] | |
1270 Datura, provisional designation 1930 YE is a stony asteroid and namesake of the young Datura family, located in the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 December 1930, by Belgian–American George Van Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.4 hours.[12] It was named after the flowering plant Datura.[3]
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