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1229 Tilia

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Discovered by
  
K. Reinmuth

MPC designation
  
1229

Observation arc
  
84.53 yr (30874 days)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Lindens

Discovery date
  
9 October 1931

Alternative names
  
1931 TP1

Discovered
  
9 October 1931

Discoverer
  
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
3.7579860 AU (562.18670 Gm)

Discovery site
  
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl

Similar
  
1207 Ostenia, 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea

1229 Tilia (1931 TP1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931, by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

It was later named after the genus of trees, Tilia.

References

1229 Tilia Wikipedia