Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 1174 Marmara Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 17 October 1930 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | Discovery date 17 October 1930 Alternative names 1930 UC Observation arc 85.50 yr (31229 days) Orbits Sun | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1111 Reinmuthia, 1102 Pepita, 1056 Azalea, 1862 Apollo, Sun | ||
1174 Marmara, provisional designation 1930 UC, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1930, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany. It measures about 16 kilometer in diameter.
The asteroid was named by the discoverer after the Sea of Marmara, which lies in between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea, connected by the Bosporus and the Dardanelles straits, respectively.
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