1045 Michela
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. van Biesbroeck |
| Discovery site | Yerkes Obs. |
| Discovery date | 19 November 1924 |
| Designations | |
| (1045) Michela | |
Named after | Micheline van Biesbroeck (discoverer's daughter) |
| 1924 TR · 1953 VB2 1964 XJ · 1976 AL | |
| main-belt · (inner) Massalia | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.64 yr (23,246 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.7348 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9811 AU |
| 2.3580 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1598 |
| 3.62 yr (1,323 d) | |
| 259.96° | |
| 0° 16m 19.92s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.2648° |
| 267.71° | |
| 166.97° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 6.104±0.265 km | |
| 0.328±0.077 | |
| SMASS = S | |
| 13.0 | |
1045 Michela, provisional designation 1924 TR, is an stony Massalian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers (4 miles) kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 November 1924, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The S-type asteroid was named after the discoverer's daughter, Micheline van Biesbroeck.