1096 Reunerta
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. E. Wood |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 21 July 1928 |
| Designations | |
| (1096) Reunerta | |
Named after | Theodore Reunert (South African engineer) |
| 1928 OB | |
| main-belt · (middle) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 88.43 yr (32,300 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1055 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0967 AU |
| 2.6011 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1939 |
| 4.20 yr (1,532 days) | |
| 65.066° | |
| 0° 14m 5.64s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.4713° |
| 81.346° | |
| 248.00° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 35.95±14.97 km 38.51±11.33 km 42.333±0.232 km 43.30±0.75 km 45.65 km (derived) 45.736±0.577 km 45.83±2.7 km 46.34±0.76 km |
| 13.02±0.01 h 13.030±0.006 h 13.036±0.002 h 13.036±0.0073 h | |
| 0.043±0.007 0.0445 (derived) 0.06±0.07 0.0638±0.008 0.0641±0.0155 0.072±0.003 | |
| C | |
| 10.30 · 10.506±0.002 (R) · 10.70 · 10.72 · 11.30±0.88 | |
1096 Reunerta, provisional designation 1928 OB, is an asteroid from the background population of the asteroid belt's central region, approximately 40 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 July 1928, by astronomer Harry Edwin Wood at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa. The asteroid was named after South African engineer Theodore Reunert, supporter of the observatory and friend of the discoverer.