732 Tjilaki

732 Tjilaki
Modelled shape of Tjilaki from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byA. Massinger
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date15 April 1912
Designations
(732) Tjilaki
PronunciationMalay: [tʃiˈlaki]
Named after
Cilaki River
(River in Indonesia)
A912 HK · 1958 FC
1912 OR
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc106.66 yr (38,959 d)
Aphelion2.5633 AU
Perihelion2.3490 AU
2.4561 AU
Eccentricity0.0436
3.85 yr (1,406 d)
359.80°
0° 15m 21.96s / day
Inclination10.994°
173.35°
64.900°
Physical characteristics
  • 29.791±0.431 km
  • 36.49±0.43 km
  • 37.61±1.6 km
12.34±0.01 h
  • (160.0°, 23.0°) (λ11)
  • (353.0°, 24.0°) (λ22)
  • 0.0655±0.006
  • 0.070±0.002
  • 0.138±0.024
  • 10.40
  • 10.5
  • 10.70

    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.