1798 Watts
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 April 1949 |
| Designations | |
| (1798) Watts | |
Named after | Chester Watts (American astronomer) |
| 1949 GC · 1934 VS 1937 RL · 1970 YB 1973 UD6 | |
| main-belt · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 82.46 yr (30,117 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4676 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9315 AU |
| 2.1996 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1219 |
| 3.26 yr (1,192 days) | |
| 136.39° | |
| 0° 18m 7.56s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.1941° |
| 44.269° | |
| 4.0161° | |
| Known satellites | 1 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.45±0.28 km 6.631±0.186 km 6.986±0.060 km 7.14 km (calculated) |
| 3.5060±0.0004 | |
| 0.24 (assumed) 0.2765±0.0258 0.294±0.053 | |
| SMASS = S · LS · S | |
| 12.8 · 12.9 · 13.05±0.17 | |
1798 Watts, provisional designation 1949 GC, is a stony asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 4 April 1949, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. The asteroid was named for American astronomer Chester Burleigh Watts. Its small minor-planet moon has a period of 26.96 hours.