732 Tjilaki
Modelled shape of Tjilaki from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | A. Massinger |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 15 April 1912 |
| Designations | |
| (732) Tjilaki | |
| Pronunciation | Malay: [tʃiˈlaki] |
Named after | Cilaki River (River in Indonesia) |
| A912 HK · 1958 FC 1912 OR | |
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| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.66 yr (38,959 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.5633 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3490 AU |
| 2.4561 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0436 |
| 3.85 yr (1,406 d) | |
| 359.80° | |
| 0° 15m 21.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.994° |
| 173.35° | |
| 64.900° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| 12.34±0.01 h | |
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732 Tjilaki (provisional designation A912 HK or 1912 OR) is a dark background asteroid, approximately 36 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter, located in the inner region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Adam Massinger at the Heidelberg Observatory on 15 April 1912, and later named after the Cilaki (Tjilaki in pre-reform spelling) river in Indonesia. The dark D-type asteroid has a rotation period of 12.3 hours. It was an early candidate to be visited by the Rosetta spacecraft which eventually rendezvoused comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.