Discovery date 16 September 1952 Alternative names 1952 SA Observation arc 62.76 yr (22924 days) Orbits Sun Discovery site Goethe Link Observatory Discoverer Indiana Asteroid Program | MPC designation 2023 Asaph Minor planet category main-belt (outer) Discovered 16 September 1952 Named after Asaph Hall Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Indiana University
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2023 Asaph, provisional designation 1952 SA, is a carbonaceous asteroid in the outer regions of the main-belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on September 16, 1952 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–3.7 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,782 days) and its relatively eccentric orbit is tilted by 22 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. Depending on different observations, it takes between 3.9 and 9.2 hours to rotate once around its axis. The C-type asteroid has a geometric albedo of nearly 0.10.
It was named in memory of Asaph Hall (1829–1907), who discovered the Martian satellites, Phobos and Deimos.
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