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1177 Gonnessia

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Discovered by
  
L. Boyer

MPC designation
  
1177 Gonnessia

Minor planet category
  
main-belt (outer)

Discovered
  
24 November 1930

Discoverer
  
Louis Boyer

Discovery site
  
Algiers Observatory

Discovery date
  
24 November 1930

Alternative names
  
1930 WA · A923 RO

Observation arc
  
85.12 yr (31089 days)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
François Gonnessiat

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Similar
  
121 Hermione, Sun, 1338 Duponta, 1301 Yvonne

1177 Gonnessia, provisional designation 1930 WA, is a large, 92-kilometer in diameter asteroid of the outer main-belt. It was discovered on November 24, 1930, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at Algiers Observatory, Algeria, Northern Africa. It has the unusual spectral class XFU in the Tholen classification system.

The asteroid is named after François Gonnessiat (1856–1934), director of the Algiers Bouzaréah and Quito Observatories.

References

1177 Gonnessia Wikipedia