2617 Jiangxi
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Discovery site | Nanking |
| Discovery date | November 26, 1975 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2617 |
Named after | Jiangxi |
| 1975 WO1 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.890 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.435 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.22998 |
| 2054.517 d | |
| 283.054° | |
| Inclination | 12.903° |
| 73.632° | |
| 348.568° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.0441 | |
| 10.40 | |
2617 Jiangxi (1975 WO1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 26, 1975 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 11.79 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.34 ± 0.04 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Carbo, Landy; et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.
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