1510 Charlois
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1510 Charlois, provisional designation 1939 DC, is a carbonaceous Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | A. Patry |
Discovery site | Nice Obs. |
Discovery date | 22 February 1939 |
Designations | |
(1510) Charlois | |
Named after | Auguste Charlois (astronomer)[2] |
1939 DC · 1959 WE 1963 UB | |
main-belt · Eunomia[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 78.10 yr (28,525 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0649 AU |
Perihelion | 2.2791 AU |
2.6720 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1470 |
4.37 yr (1,595 days) | |
16.619° | |
0° 13m 32.52s / day | |
Inclination | 11.821° |
331.49° | |
165.25° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 20.30±0.39 km[4] 23.68 km (derived)[3] 23.80±2.8 km (IRAS:11)[5] 24.507±0.345[6] 26.98±0.64 km[7] 27.608±0.373 km[8] |
5.866±0.0003 h[9] 6.653±0.008 h[10] | |
0.0769±0.0086[8] 0.0791 (derived)[3] 0.081±0.004[7] 0.1033±0.029 (IRAS:11)[5] 0.118±0.017[4][6] | |
SMASS = C[1] · C[3][11] | |
11.2[7][8] · 11.40[4] · 11.5[1][3] | |
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It was discovered on 22 February 1939, by French astronomer André Patry at Nice Observatory in southeastern France, and later named after astronomer Auguste Charlois.[2][12]