| Discovered by George Van Biesbroeck MPC designation 1924 UA Observation arc 90.09 yr (32907 days) Discovered 1 December 1924 Discoverer George Van Biesbroeck Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 1 December 1924 Alternative names 1949 RB, 1949 YL Aphelion 3.1791 AU (475.59 Gm) Orbits Sun Discovery site Yerkes Observatory Spectral type X-type asteroid | |
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| Similar 1056 Azalea, 1002 Olbersia, 1001 Gaussia, 107 Camilla, 1036 Ganymed | ||
1046 Edwin is an asteroid that was discovered by Belgian-American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck on December 1, 1924. It was assigned the provisional designation 1924 UA, then named after the discoverer's son, Edwin van Biesbroeck. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 5.30 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.3 ± 0.1 in magnitude.
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