1141 Bohmia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
1141 Bohmia
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Discovered:4 January 1930
Mpc Name:(1141) Bohmia
Alt Names:1930 AA1949 SU
Named After:
Epoch:4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty:0
Observation Arc:87.83 yr (32,079 days)
Perihelion:1.8946 AU
Semimajor:2.2701 AU
Eccentricity:0.1654
Period:3.42 yr (1,249 days)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:4.2753°
Asc Node:105.52°
Arg Peri:276.18°
Dimensions: km
Abs Magnitude:13.4

1141 Bohmia, provisional designation, is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on 4 January 1930. The asteroid was named after German philanthropist Katharina Bohm-Waltz.

Orbit and classification

Bohmia is a member of the Flora family, a giant asteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,249 days; semi-major axis 2.27 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg in January 1930.

Physical characteristics

Bohmias spectral type is unknown. However, its albedo is similar to that of the Flora family's parent body, 8 Flora, which is a stony S-type asteroid.

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Bohmia measures 5.642 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.251.

Rotation period

No rotational lightcurve of Bohmia has been obtained from photometric observations. The asteroid's rotation period, poles and shape remain unknown.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Katharina Bohm-Waltz (died 1901), a German philanthropist who donated a 0.72-meter reflecting telescope (named Waltz reflector) to the discovering Heidelberg Observatory. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 .

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