7317 Cabot
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Kulin |
| Discovery site | Konkoly |
| Discovery date | 12 March 1940 |
| Designations | |
| (7317) Cabot | |
Named after | John Cabot (Italian explorer) |
| 1940 ED · 1983 JH 1987 OV1 | |
| main-belt · (inner) background · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 34.79 yr (12,706 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.6836 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9780 AU |
| 2.3308 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1514 |
| 3.56 yr (1,300 d) | |
| 283.55° | |
| 0° 16m 37.2s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.9844° |
| 182.64° | |
| 54.312° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.62 km (calculated) 3.66±0.86 km 5.363±0.257 km | |
| 2.237±0.0003 h | |
| 0.185±0.034 0.24±0.12 0.24 (assumed) | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 13.8 13.922±0.003 (R) 14.0 14.08±1.52 14.33 14.37 | |
7317 Cabot, provisional designation 1940 ED, is a background asteroid in a resonance with Jupiter, located the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 12 March 1940, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest. The presumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 2.2 hours. It was named after Italian explorer John Cabot.