Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Alternative names 1928 SJ Observation arc 87.28 yr (31878 days) Discovered 22 September 1928 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 22 September 1928 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.4838 AU (521.17 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Leather flower | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1102 Pepita, 1111 Reinmuthia, 1056 Azalea, 1002 Olbersia, 1001 Gaussia |
1101 Clematis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on September 22, 1928, in Heidelberg. Initially it received the designation 1928 SJ. It was named for the clematis flower.
Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California, give a synodic rotation period of 12.68 ± 0.01 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.40 ± 0.05 in magnitude.
This object is the namesake of a dynamic family of 5–16 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.
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