1605 Milankovitch
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Đurković |
| Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
| Discovery date | 13 April 1936 |
| Designations | |
| (1605) Milankovitch | |
Named after | Milutin Milanković (Serbian scientist) |
| 1936 GA · 1925 DC 1931 KB · 1938 ST 1941 FA · 1946 FF 1949 UC1 · 1968 KP A907 UB | |
| main-belt · Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 80.69 yr (29,472 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2472 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7796 AU |
| 3.0134 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0776 |
| 5.23 yr (1,911 days) | |
| 310.79° | |
| 0° 11m 18.24s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.562° |
| 173.74° | |
| 276.14° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27.78±3.57 km 29.404±0.197 km 29.598±0.217 32.38 km (derived) 32.47±1.5 km (IRAS:6) 33.80±0.42 km |
| 11.60±0.05 h 11.63±0.03 h | |
| 0.1401 (derived) 0.142±0.004 0.1529±0.015 (IRAS:6) 0.184±0.034 0.1902±0.0991 0.235±0.322 | |
| M · LS · S | |
| 9.97 · 10.1 · 10.19±0.29 · 10.2 | |
1605 Milankovitch, provisional designation 1936 GA, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 31 kilometers in diameter. It was named after Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković.