1364 Safara
Modelled shape of Safara from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 18 November 1935 |
| Designations | |
| (1364) Safara | |
Named after | André Safar (discoverer's acquaintance) |
| 1935 VB · 1932 EK | |
| main-belt · (outer) · Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.64 yr (31,279 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2114 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8133 AU |
| 3.0124 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0661 |
| 5.23 yr (1,910 days) | |
| 8.7502° | |
| 0° 11m 18.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.488° |
| 63.986° | |
| 220.38° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 21.197±0.201 km 21.508±0.266 km 24.35±0.47 km 25.73 km (calculated) 32.63±0.46 km |
| 7.14908±0.0004 h 7.25±0.05 h | |
| 0.087±0.012 0.14 (assumed) 0.173±0.007 0.2231±0.0149 | |
| L · S (assumed) | |
| 10.60 · 10.64±0.19 · 10.70 | |
1364 Safara, incorrectly designated 1935 VB, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 November 1935, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the Algiers Observatory in Algeria, North Africa. The asteroid should have been designated 1935 WB, as the letter "V" only covers discoveries made during 1–15 November. It was named after André Safar, presumably an acquaintance of the discoverer from Algiers.