1747 Wright
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Wright | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. A. Wirtanen |
| Discovery site | Lick Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 July 1947 |
| Designations | |
| (1747) Wright | |
Named after | William Wright (observatory's director) |
| 1947 NH | |
| Mars-crosser | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 69.24 yr (25,290 days) |
| Aphelion | 1.8977 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.5207 AU |
| 1.7092 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1103 |
| 2.23 yr (816 days) | |
| 174.63° | |
| 0° 26m 27.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 21.416° |
| 268.39° | |
| 340.43° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.17±0.24 km 6.35±0.6 km (IRAS:2) |
| 5.28796±0.00005 h 5.2896±0.0002 h 5.290±0.001 h | |
| 0.2005±0.043 (IRAS:2) 0.321±0.034 | |
| Tholen = unusual, noisy spectrum with resemblances to A-type spectrum SMASS = Sl Bus–DeMeo = Sw | |
| 13.35 | |
1747 Wright, provisional designation 1947 NH, is a stony asteroid and a sizable Mars-crosser, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 14 July 1947, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California. It was named in memory of astronomer William Hammond Wright.