Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 1204 Minor planet category Mars-crossing Orbital period 1,244 days Orbits Sun Asteroid group Mars-crosser asteroid | Discovery date 6 October 1931 Alternative names 1931 TE Observation arc 84.54 yr (30878 days) Discovered 6 October 1931 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1207 Ostenia, 132 Aethra, 11 Parthenope, 1862 Apollo, Sun | ||
1204 Renzia (1931 TE) is an 11–25 km Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 6, 1931, by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. In 1985, Duncan Steel estimated that this Mars-crossing asteroid had a better chance than average of impacting into Mars.
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