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267 Tirza

267 Tirza
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date 27 May 1887
Designations
MPC designation (267) Tirza
Named after
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
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 52.68±3.1 km
Mass unknown
Mean density
unknown
Equatorial surface gravity
unknown
Equatorial escape velocity
unknown
7.648 h (0.3187 d)
0.0402±0.005
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.



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