782 Montefiore

782 Montefiore is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 18 March 1914 and named for Clarice Sebag-Montefiore, wife of Alfons von Rothschild of Vienna. It is orbiting 2.18 AU from the Sun with an eccentricity of 0.04 and a period of 3.22 yr. The orbital plane of this asteroid is inclined by an angle of 5.26° to the plane of the ecliptic.

782 Montefiore

Discovery
Discovered by	J. Palisa
Discovery site	Vienna Observatory
Discovery date	18 March 1914
Designations
MPC designation	(782) Montefiore
Alternative designations	1914 UK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	100.50 yr (36708 d)
Aphelion	2.2639 AU (338.67 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0953 AU (313.45 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.1796 AU (326.06 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.038666
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.22 yr (1175.3 d)
Mean anomaly	310.813°
Mean motion	0° 18m 22.68s / day
Inclination	5.2605°
Longitude of ascending node	80.496°
Argument of perihelion	81.938°
Earth MOID	1.10938 AU (165.961 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.71157 AU (405.645 Gm)
TJupiter	3.675
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	5.94±0.3 km
Synodic rotation period	4.0728 h (0.16970 d)
Geometric albedo	0.2919±0.035
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.3

10μ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 15 km.^[2] Photometric light curve studies from 1997 onward give a consistent rotation period of 4.07 hours.^[3]