Discovered by J. Hunaerts MPC designation 1423 Jose Discovered 28 August 1936 Orbits Sun Asteroid family Koronis family | Discovery date 28 August 1936 Minor planet category main-belt Absolute magnitude 10.8 Discoverer Joseph Hunaerts Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Named after Giuseppina Bianchi, daughter of astronomer Giuseppe Bianchi Alternative names 1936 QM · 1931 TM2
1934 EE · 1936 SC
1937 YE · 1946 UF
1950 PW · 1968 HL Discovery site Royal Observatory of Belgium | ||
1423 Jose is a stony asteroid from the asteroid belt that was discovered by J. Hunaerts at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium on 28 August 1936. The S-type asteroid was provisionally designated 1936 QM. It belongs to the Koronis family of asteroids, and with a diameter of about 26 kilometers, it is one of the family's larger bodies. Its rotation period is 12.3 hours.
It was named by Cesare Lombardi after Giuseppina Bianchi, a daughter of Giuseppe Bianchi who died young. Lombardi published several studies on the orbit of this asteroid.
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