1286 Banachiewicza
Modelled shape of Banachiewicza | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Arend |
| Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
| Discovery date | 25 August 1933 |
| Designations | |
| (1286) Banachiewicza | |
Named after | Tadeusz Banachiewicz (Polish astronomer) |
| 1933 QH · 1928 SE 1954 UJ | |
| main-belt · (outer) Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 88.78 yr (32,428 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2926 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7553 AU |
| 3.0240 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| 5.26 yr (1,921 days) | |
| 29.653° | |
| 0° 11m 14.64s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.7486° |
| 200.46° | |
| 107.58° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| 8.631±0.001 h | |
Pole ecliptic latitude |
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| Tholen = S B–V = 0.850 U–B = 0.430 | |
| 10.626±0.009 (R) · 10.88 | |
1286 Banachiewicza (prov. designation: 1933 QH) is an elongated Eos asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 25 August 1933, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. The stony S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8.6 hours and measures approximately 21 kilometers (13 miles) in diameter. It was named after Polish astronomer Tadeusz Banachiewicz.