Discovered by J. Comas Solá Alternative names 1921 JB Aphelion 3.0656 AU (458.61 Gm) Discovered 3 February 1921 Orbits Sun Discovery site Fabra Observatory | Discovery date 3 February 1921 Observation arc 92.54 yr (33802 days) Perihelion 2.2037 AU (329.67 Gm) Absolute magnitude 10.13 Discoverer Josep Comas i Solà Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar Asteroid belt, 1102 Pepita, 441 Bathilde, 958 Asplinda, 1188 Gothlandia | ||
945 Barcelona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the Asteroid belt. It was discovered 3 February 1921 from Barcelona by the Catalan astronomer Josep Comas Solá (1868–1937) and named for the city of Barcelona (Catalonia), the birthplace of the discoverer. It has an estimated diameter of 25.5 km.
This object is the namesake of a family of 91–600 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.
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