1295 Deflotte
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 25 November 1933 |
| Designations | |
| (1295) Deflotte | |
Named after | Deflotte (discoverer's nephew) |
| 1933 WD · 1932 RE 1938 QF · 1939 VN 1941 CE · 1947 CA 1951 TV · 1963 TU | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 83.61 yr (30,538 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.8043 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.9788 AU |
| 3.3916 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1217 |
| 6.25 yr (2,281 days) | |
| 131.90° | |
| 0° 9m 28.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.8858° |
| 185.08° | |
| 275.34° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 45.67±1.36 km 47.407±0.221 km 47.99 km (derived) 48.03±1.8 km 48.68±16.05 km 49.07±18.00 km 51.048±0.525 km |
| 14.64±0.05 h | |
| 0.0390±0.0079 0.04±0.02 0.04±0.03 0.0402 (derived) 0.0441±0.004 0.046±0.014 0.049±0.003 | |
| C | |
| 10.60 · 10.70 · 10.84±0.20 · 10.93 | |
1295 Deflotte, provisional designation 1933 WD, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 48 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 November 1933, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the Algiers Observatory in Algeria, North Africa. The asteroid was named after the discoverer's nephew.