1455 Mitchella
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Bohrmann |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 June 1937 |
| Designations | |
| (1455) Mitchella | |
Named after | Maria Mitchell (American astronomer) |
| 1937 LF · 1947 LB 1978 QR3 | |
| main-belt · (inner) Flora · background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.81 yr (29,152 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5273 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9665 AU |
| 2.2469 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1248 |
| 3.37 yr (1,230 days) | |
| 321.18° | |
| 0° 17m 33.36s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.7548° |
| 128.33° | |
| 100.60° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.449±0.170 km 6.55±1.51 km 6.646±0.102 km 7.00±1.56 km 7.47 km (calculated) |
| 118.7±0.5 h | |
| 0.24 (assumed) 0.26±0.12 0.31±0.17 0.3333±0.0453 0.353±0.097 | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 12.7 · 12.80 · 13.03 · 13.27±0.31 | |
1455 Mitchella, provisional designation 1937 LF, is a Florian asteroid, slow rotator and suspected tumbler from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 June 1937, by astronomer Alfred Bohrmann at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was named after American astronomer Maria Mitchell.