2384 Schulhof
Shape model of Schulhof from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Laugier |
| Discovery site | Nice Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 March 1943 |
| Designations | |
| (2384) Schulhof | |
Named after | Lipót Schulhof (Hungarian astronomer) |
| 1943 EC1 · 1943 GV 1960 FE · 1962 WL1 1970 RP · 1981 FF A909 BF | |
| main-belt · (middle) Schulhof | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.97 yr (39,803 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9231 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2989 AU |
| 2.6110 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1195 |
| 4.22 yr (1,541 d) | |
| 256.37° | |
| 0° 14m 0.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.530° |
| 7.9084° | |
| 205.72° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.485±0.174 km 11.721±0.138 km 12.66 km (calculated) | |
| 3.294±0.006 h | |
| 0.21 (assumed) 0.2733±0.0217 0.280±0.045 | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 11.7 11.8 | |
2384 Schulhof (prov. designation: 1943 EC1) is a mid-sized asteroid and the namesake of the Schulhof family, located in the Eunomian region of the intermediate asteroid belt. It was discovered on 2 March 1943, by French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at Nice Observatory in southeastern France. The asteroid was later named after Hungarian astronomer Lipót Schulhof. The presumed S-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 3.3 hours and measures approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter.