1652 Hergé
Shape model of Hergé from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Arend |
| Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
| Discovery date | 9 August 1953 |
| Designations | |
| (1652) Hergé | |
Named after | Georges Remi (Hergé) cartoonist |
| 1953 PA · 1933 UE1 1939 HG | |
| main-belt · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 83.41 yr (30,464 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5883 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9139 AU |
| 2.2511 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1498 |
| 3.38 yr (1,234 days) | |
| 34.960° | |
| Inclination | 3.1989° |
| 251.72° | |
| 13.107° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 8.689±0.081 km 8.954±0.083 km 9.41 km (calculated) |
| 16.36±0.02 h | |
| 0.1160±0.0215 0.137±0.028 0.24 (assumed) 0.308±0.060 | |
| S | |
| 12.20 · 12.3 · 12.54±0.19 · 13.2 | |
1652 Hergé, provisional designation 1953 PA, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 August 1953, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, Belgium. It was later named after Belgian cartoonist Hergé.