Discovered by K. Reinmuth Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 11 February 1932 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | Discovery date 11 February 1932 Alternative names 1932 CU · 1955 PC Observation arc 84.18 yr (30747 days) Orbits Sun | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar Sun, Asteroid belt, Solar System, 107 Camilla, 13 Egeria | ||
1220 Crocus, provisionally designated 1932 CU, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1932, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany. Based on lightcurve studies, Crocus has a very long rotation period of 491 hours.
It was later named after the genus of flowering plants, Crocus, in the iris family.
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