Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 1419 Danzig Discovered 5 September 1929 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 5 September 1929 Minor planet category main-belt Inclination 5.7252° Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | |
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Named after Gdańsk
(German: Danzig) Alternative names 1929 RF · 1936 RD
1952 HJ4 · 1957 WO1
A917 GA Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1056 Azalea, 1111 Reinmuthia, 958 Asplinda | ||
1419 Danzig, provisional designation 1929 RF, is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 5 September 1929. The main-belt asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.6 AU once every three and a half years. Its rotation period is 8.12 hours.
It was named after the now Polish city and port on the Baltic sea, Gdańsk (German: Danzig). The city was also honored by another minor planet, 764 Gedania.
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