Discovered by Reinmuth, K. Alternative names 1931 TV1 Discovered 9 October 1931 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth MPC designation 1253 | Discovery date 9 October 1931 Observation arc 84.17 yr (30742 days) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.8315451 AU (573.19099 Gm) Perihelion 2.4952124 AU (373.27846 Gm) Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea, 1111 Reinmuthia | ||
1253 Frisia (1931 TV1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1931, by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg. Measurements of the lightcurve made in 2010 and 2011 give a rotation period of 14.557 ± 0.002 hours. It has a diameter of 30.1 km.
It was later named after Friesland, the province in the northwest of the Netherlands.
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