1441 Bolyai
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Kulin |
| Discovery site | Konkoly Obs. |
| Discovery date | 26 November 1937 |
| Designations | |
| (1441) Bolyai | |
Named after | János Bolyai (Hungarian mathematician) |
| 1937 WA | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.57 yr (29,064 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2591 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0031 AU |
| 2.6311 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2387 |
| 4.27 yr (1,559 days) | |
| 287.12° | |
| 0° 13m 51.24s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.918° |
| 254.02° | |
| 116.01° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 12.31±3.67 km 13.50±3.27 km 14.65±6.43 km 14.75 km (derived) 14.76±1.4 km (IRAS:2) |
| 0.0426 (derived) 0.0467±0.011 (IRAS:2) 0.047±0.101 0.05±0.03 0.05±0.07 | |
| (S)/C (assumed) | |
| 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.35 | |
1441 Bolyai, provisional designation 1937 WA, is a dark asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 November 1937, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. The asteroid was named after Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai.