Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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937 Bethgea | |
Mpc Name: | (937) Bethgea |
Alt Names: | 1920 HO; A916 GA; 1946 GC; 1959 EQ |
Discovered: | 12 September 1920 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Observation Arc: | 99.97 yr (36513 days) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Eccentricity: | 0.21703 |
Semimajor: | 2.2317AU |
Perihelion: | 1.7473AU |
Aphelion: | 2.716abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 3.33 yr (1217.7 d) |
Inclination: | 3.6963° |
Asc Node: | 243.574° |
Arg Peri: | 72.509° |
Rotation: | 8.356 h, 7.539abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Abs Magnitude: | 11.83 |
937 Bethgea is a background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 12 September 1920 by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, from Heidelberg.
Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990–1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 8.356 ± 0.006 hours.[1]