1067 Lunaria
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 9 September 1926 |
| Designations | |
| (1067) Lunaria | |
| Pronunciation | /luːˈnɛəriə/ |
Named after | Lunaria (flowering plant) |
| 1926 RG · 1974 PJ 1974 QC3 | |
| main-belt · (outer) Itha | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 90.74 yr (33,142 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4206 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3207 AU |
| 2.8706 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1916 |
| 4.86 yr (1,777 days) | |
| 222.90° | |
| 0° 12m 9.36s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.547° |
| 289.59° | |
| 115.03° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 15.43±0.73 km 18.02±1.33 km 18.07 km (derived) 20.011±0.100 km 22.968±0.243 km |
| 6.057±0.001 h 7.74 h | |
| 0.1240±0.0225 0.185±0.012 0.20 (assumed) 0.221±0.034 0.298±0.057 | |
| L/S · S | |
| 10.85±0.31 · 10.99 · 11.08 | |
1067 Lunaria, provisional designation 1926 RG, is a stony Itha asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1926, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was named after the flowering plant Lunaria (honesty).