Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 27 May 1887 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (267) Tirza |
Named after
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Tirzah |
A922 AA, 1965 GC | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 108.44 yr (39609 d) |
Aphelion | 3.04773 AU (455.934 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.50143 AU (374.209 Gm) |
2.77458 AU (415.071 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.098448 |
4.62 yr (1688.1 d) | |
Average orbital speed
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17.89 km/s |
327.898° | |
0° 12m 47.732s / day | |
Inclination | 6.00306° |
73.7538° | |
196.255° | |
Earth MOID | 1.48586 AU (222.281 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.02019 AU (302.216 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.321 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | ±3.1 km 52.68 |
Mass | unknown |
Mean density
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unknown |
Equatorial surface gravity
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unknown |
Equatorial escape velocity
|
unknown |
7.648 h (0.3187 d) | |
±0.005 0.0402 | |
Temperature | unknown |
DU | |
10.2 | |
267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 27, 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.
It was named after Tirzah, a woman in the Bible.