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1072 Malva

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Discovered by
  
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

Alternative names
  
1926 TA

Discovered
  
4 October 1926

Discoverer
  
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
4 October 1926

Observation arc
  
32673 days (89.45 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Mallow

Aphelion
  
3.92889 AU (587.754 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.3997873 AU (359.00307 Gm)

Discovery site
  
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl

Similar
  
1056 Azalea, 1111 Reinmuthia, 1002 Olbersia, 1001 Gaussia, 107 Camilla

1072 Malva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun discovered on October 4, 1926, by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth. It is named after the Malva or Mallow genus, although it initially received the designation 1926 TA.

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 10.080 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness range of 0.17 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

References

1072 Malva Wikipedia


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