Discovered by K. Reinmuth Alternative names 1922 ME Aphelion 3.4560 AU (517.01 Gm) Discovered 30 July 1922 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 30 July 1922 Observation arc 93.71 yr (34228 days) Perihelion 2.8665 AU (428.82 Gm) Absolute magnitude 9.58 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 958 Asplinda, 528 Rezia, 984 Gretia, 509 Iolanda, 242 Kriemhild | ||
983 Gunila is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on July 30, 1922 by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg and given the preliminary designation 1922 ME.
Photometric observations at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2007 were used to build a light curve for this object.
This asteroid was observed in 2013 by the ASTR315 class at the University of Maryland which determined a rotation period of 8.37 ± 0.12h.
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