1184 Gaea

Gaea
Discovery^[1]
Discovered by	Reinmuth, K.
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	5 September 1926
Designations
MPC designation	1184
Named after	Gaia
Alternative names	1926 RE, 1930 OE, 1931 XG
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	89.61 yr (32731 days)
Aphelion	2.8565190 AU (427.32916 Gm)
Perihelion	2.4812078 AU (371.18340 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.668863 AU (399.2562 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0703129
Orbital period	4.36 yr (1592.5 d)
Mean anomaly	269.96189°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 33.799^s / day
Inclination	11.31553°
Longitude of ascending node	355.75115°
Argument of perihelion	310.98362°
Earth MOID	1.48288 AU (221.836 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.37837 AU (355.799 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.351
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	2.94 h (0.123 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.1

1184 Gaea (1926 RE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1926, by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

This asteroid is named after Gaea (Gaia), goddess of Earth in Greek mythology, who was wife of Uranus.^[2]

References

1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA JPL. 2003-08-29. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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