1335 Demoulina

1335 Demoulina
Shape model of Demoulina from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date7 September 1934
Designations
(1335) Demoulina
Named after
Prof. Demoulin
(Belgian astronomer)
1934 RE · 1954 RA
main-belt · (inner)
Flora · background
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.66 yr (30,191 days)
Aphelion2.5854 AU
Perihelion1.8955 AU
2.2404 AU
Eccentricity0.1540
3.35 yr (1,225 days)
255.64°
0° 17m 38.04s / day
Inclination2.5472°
172.62°
198.89°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.35±1.43 km
7.47 km (calculated)
7.484±0.130 km
7.684±0.133 km
2.59±0.05 h (poor)
74.86±0.10 h
0.2073±0.0275
0.218±0.043
0.24 (assumed)
0.26±0.14
S (assumed)
12.8 · 12.9 · 13.06 · 13.89±0.74

    1335 Demoulina, provisional designation 1934 RE, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in 1934, the asteroid was named after Prof. Demoulin, a Belgian astronomer at Ghent University. It has a slower-than average spin rate of nearly 75 hours.