Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | C.-I. Lagerkvist |
Discovery site | Kvistaberg Stn. |
Discovery date | 4 September 1975 |
Designations | |
(2744) Birgitta | |
Named after | Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist [1] (discoverer's daughter) |
1975 RB · 1933 QY | |
Mars-crosser [1][2][3] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.41 yr (30,830 d) |
Aphelion | 3.0670 AU |
Perihelion | 1.5364 AU |
2.3017 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.3325 |
3.49 yr (1,275 d) | |
58.730° | |
0° 16m 55.92s / day | |
Inclination | 6.7428° |
315.55° | |
44.106° | |
Physical characteristics | |
2.67±0.27 km[4] 3.29 km (calculated)[3] | |
8.97±0.08 h[5] 8.994±0.005 h[a] 9.02 h[6] | |
0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.304±0.061[4] | |
Tholen = S [2] SMASS = S [2][3] B–V = 0.909[2] U–B = 0.527[2] | |
14.78[2][3][4] 14.84±0.12 (R)[5] 15.12±0.39[7] | |
2744 Birgitta, provisional designation 1975 RB, is a stony asteroid and a Mars-crosser on an eccentric orbit from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered at the Kvistaberg Station of the Uppsala Observatory in Sweden on 4 September 1975, by Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, who named it after his daughter, Anna Birgitta Angelica Lagerkvist.[1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 9.0 hours.[3]
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