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1101 Clematis

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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.

References

1101 Clematis Wikipedia