1462 Zamenhof
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Yrjö Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku |
| Discovery date | 6 February 1938 |
| Designations | |
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1938 CA, 1963 TS, 1964 VF2, 1969 TU5 |
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| Asteroid belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 52.51 yr (19181 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4922546 AU (522.43385 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8018542 AU (419.15142 Gm) |
| 3.1470544 AU (470.79264 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1096899 |
| 5.58 yr (2039.2 d) | |
| 295.91001° | |
| 0° 10m 35.551s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.9677229° |
| 24.775140° | |
| 188.23675° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.79533 AU (268.578 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.47486 AU (220.636 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.199 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~26 km |
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Mean radius
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12.91±0.85 km |
| 10.4 h (0.43 d) | |
| 0.1268±0.019 | |
| 11.2 | |
1462 Zamenhof is an asteroid in the asteroid belt discovered by the Finnish astronomer and physicist Yrjö Väisälä on February 6, 1938. It has a diameter of about 26 km and geometric albedo of 0.1268. It is named for L. L. Zamenhof, ophthalmologist and creator of the constructed language Esperanto. This asteroid and 1421 Esperanto are considered to be the most remote Zamenhof-Esperanto objects.
The light curve of 1462 Zamenhof shows a periodicity of 10.4 ± 0.1 hours, during which time the brightness of the object varies by 0.35 ± 0.04 in magnitude.
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