1563 Noël
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Arend |
| Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
| Discovery date | 7 March 1943 |
| Designations | |
| (1563) Noël | |
Named after | Emanuel Arend (discoverer's son) |
| 1943 EG · 1930 EF | |
| main-belt · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 87.06 yr (31,799 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.3789 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0037 AU |
| 2.1913 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0856 |
| 3.24 yr (1,185 days) | |
| 347.57° | |
| 0° 18m 13.68s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.9829° |
| 53.649° | |
| 116.41° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7.23±0.51 km 8.98 km (calculated) |
| 3.5483±0.0003 h 3.5486±0.0002 h 3.5488±0.0001 h 3.5495±0.0001 h 3.550±0.002 h | |
| 0.24 (assumed) 0.370±0.051 | |
| SMASS = Sa · S | |
| 12.4 | |
1563 Noël, provisional designation 1943 EG, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 March 1943, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, and named after his son.