1710 Gothard

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1710 Gothard
Discovery [1]
Discovered by G. Kulin
Discovery site Konkoly Obs.
Discovery date20 October 1941
Designations
(1710) Gothard
Named after
Jenő Gothard
(amateur astronomer) [2]
1941 UF ·1955 TT
main-belt  ·(inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 61.45 yr (22,446 days)
Aphelion 2.9449 AU
Perihelion 1.6975 AU
2.3212 AU
Eccentricity 0.2687
3.54 yr (1,292 days)
204.83°
0° 16m 43.32s / day
Inclination 8.4727°
356.61°
335.99°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.66 km (calculated) [3]
9.838±0.179 km [4] [5]
4.939±0.003 h [6]
4.94 h [6]
0.087±0.013 [4] [5]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
S [3]
13.3 [4]  ·13.6 [1] [3]

    1710 Gothard, provisional designation 1941 UF, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 October 1941, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. [7] It was later named after Hungarian amateur astronomer Jenő Gothard. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,292 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.27 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] Gothard's observation arc begins 14 years after its official discovery observation, when it was identified as 1955 TT at Uccle Observatory in 1955. [7]

    Physical characteristics

    Rotation period

    In October 2001 and October 2008, two rotational light-curves of Gothard were obtained by French amateur astronomers Laurent Bernasconi and René Roy, giving a concurring rotation period of 4.94 hours with a brightness variation of 0.31 and 0.32 in magnitude, respectively ( U=3/3- ). [6]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Gothard measures 9.84 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.087, [4] [5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 5.66 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.6. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named in memory of Hungarian amateur astronomer Jenő Gothard (1857–1909), who discovered the central star in the Ring Nebula (M57). [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 February 1980 ( M.P.C. 5183). [8]

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