Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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267 Tirza | |
Discovered: | 27 May 1887 |
Mpc Name: | (267) Tirza |
Alt Names: | A887 KB, 1922 AA 1965 GC |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 2.77458AU |
Perihelion: | 2.50143AU |
Aphelion: | 3.04773abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.098448 |
Period: | 4.62 yr (1688.1 d) |
Inclination: | 6.00306° |
Asc Node: | 73.7538° |
Arg Peri: | 196.255° |
Rotation: | 7.648abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Spectral Type: | DU |
Abs Magnitude: | 10.2 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Observation Arc: | 108.44 yr (39609 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 27 May 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.
It was named after Tirzah, a woman in the Bible.[3]