1366 Piccolo

Piccolo
Discovery
Discovered by	E. Delporte
Discovery site	Uccle
Discovery date	29 November 1932
Designations
MPC designation	1366
Named after	Louis G. Henyey
Alternative names	1932 WA
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	83.36 yr (30449 days)
Aphelion	3.2798043 AU (490.65174 Gm)
Perihelion	2.4651285 AU (368.77797 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.872466 AU (429.7148 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1418077
Orbital period	4.87 yr (1778.2 d)
Mean anomaly	164.04264°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 8.826^s / day
Inclination	9.476110°
Longitude of ascending node	24.14715°
Argument of perihelion	282.90039°
Earth MOID	1.4721 AU (220.22 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.05231 AU (307.021 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.262
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7001137750000000000♠13.775±0.9 km
Rotation period	16.57 h (0.690 d)
Geometric albedo	6999153800000000000♠0.1538±0.022
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.45

1366 Piccolo (1932 WA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 29, 1932, by E. Delporte at Uccle.

References

Binzel, R.P. (1987) Icarus 72, 135-208.
Behrend, R. (2003) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

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