1426 Riviera
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Laugier |
| Discovery site | Nice Obs. |
| Discovery date | 1 April 1937 |
| Designations | |
| (1426) Riviera | |
Named after | French Riviera (Mediterranean coast) |
| 1937 GF · 1930 UD1 1933 HJ · 1938 SN 1949 HP · 2004 ST12 A920 CA | |
| main-belt · (middle) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 80.50 yr (29,403 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9943 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1690 AU |
| 2.5816 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1598 |
| 4.15 yr (1,515 days) | |
| 111.74° | |
| 0° 14m 15.36s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.0632° |
| 335.04° | |
| 275.05° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.29±0.80 km 15.35 km (derived) 15.44±0.7 km 17.41±0.47 km 17.613±0.110 km 18.033±0.094 km |
| 4.38±0.06 h 4.4±0.1 h 4.40 h 4.4044±0.0002 h | |
| 0.2671±0.0290 0.281±0.017 0.3274 (derived) 0.3546±0.037 0.414±0.048 | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 10.80 · 10.9 | |
1426 Riviera, provisional designation 1937 GF, is a bright asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Marguerite Laugier at the Nice Observatory in 1937, the asteroid was later named for the Côte d'Azur, also known as French Riviera.