1340 Yvette
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 27 December 1934 |
| Designations | |
| (1340) Yvette | |
Named after | Yvette (discoverer's niece) |
| 1934 YA · 1930 DO 1942 GW | |
| main-belt · (outer) Themis | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 82.84 yr (30,256 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5930 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7754 AU |
| 3.1842 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1284 |
| 5.68 yr (2,075 days) | |
| 123.54° | |
| 0° 10m 24.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.4161° |
| 345.69° | |
| 224.26° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 25.87±2.6 km 28.40±1.70 km 28.63±0.55 km 29.451±0.278 km 30.3±3.0 km 32±3 km 33.061±0.632 km |
| 3.525 h | |
| 0.0587±0.0044 0.06±0.01 0.07±0.01 0.078±0.018 0.082±0.011 0.095±0.015 0.0958±0.023 | |
| C | |
| 11.10 · 11.12±0.29 | |
1340 Yvette, provisional designation 1934 YA, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 29 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 December 1934, by astronomer Louis Boyer at the Algiers Observatory, who named it after his niece, Yvette.