Discovered by K. Reinmuth Alternative names 1931 TX1 Discovered 9 October 1931 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth MPC designation 1230 | Discovery date 9 October 1931 Observation arc 84.50 yr (30863 days) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.0333479 AU (453.78239 Gm) Perihelion 2.1123501 AU (316.00308 Gm) Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1249 Rutherfordia, 1207 Ostenia, 1111 Reinmuthia, 1862 Apollo, Sun | ||
1230 Riceia (1931 TX1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931, by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
It was later named after Hugh Rice, amateur astronomer of New York and director of the Museum of Natural Sciences.
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