1073 Gellivara
Shape model of Gellivara from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Palisa |
| Discovery site | Vienna Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 September 1923 |
| Designations | |
| (1073) Gellivara | |
Named after | Gällivare (Swedish town) |
| 1923 OW · 1929 UJ 1932 EP · 1951 QL | |
| main-belt · (outer) Themis | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 93.54 yr (34,165 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7925 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5826 AU |
| 3.1875 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1898 |
| 5.69 yr (2,079 days) | |
| 248.01° | |
| 0° 10m 23.52s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.6043° |
| 39.579° | |
| 289.05° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 22.10±5.77 km 22.71±7.49 km 25.992±0.336 km 26.87±0.79 km 35.73±3.4 km 35.76 km (derived) |
| 11.32±0.05 h | |
| 0.0241±0.005 0.0289 (derived) 0.045±0.003 0.0454±0.0047 0.07±0.04 0.07±0.08 | |
| C (assumed) | |
| 11.70 · 11.73 · 11.82±0.26 · 11.90 | |
1073 Gellivara, provisional designation 1923 OW, is a dark Themistian asteroid, approximately 27 kilometers (17 miles) in diameter, located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory on 14 September 1923, and later named after the Swedish town of Gällivare.