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1174: 690:, the first time in 150 years, that an amateur astronomer is ranking first among the German top discoverers. His total number of discoveries has since increased to more than 600. 1313: 1248: 1598: 1578: 675:
At the time this minor planet was named, he had discovered more than 540 numbered minor planets. The official naming citation was published by the
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Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015).
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assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a slightly larger diameter of 12.4 kilometers with an
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Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012).
32: 938:"Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results" 320: 1362: 442: 245: 781:"Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids" 1583: 1521: 669: 1593: 992: 937: 903: 780: 1347: 747: 686:). Bickel has become Germany's most prolific discoverer of asteroids, ahead of (professional) astronomer 1257: 1511: 1501: 1506: 1156: 1132: 1124: 1109: 717: 44: 1342: 1148: 1140: 1115: 1017: 70: 1526: 1410: 1322: 1168: 427: 373: 350: 283: 274: 234: 221: 1203: 1447: 681: 542: 49: 1047: 1352: 593: 332: 203: 1187: 1179: 1420: 1219: 1075: 959: 911: 802: 522: 256: 1163: 8: 676: 641: 602:). A more refined lightcurve was obtained in October 2005, by astronomers Raymond Poncy, 526: 309: 1097: 963: 915: 904:"Results from photometric studies of asteroids at Rozhen National Observatory, Bulgaria" 806: 1211: 1173: 1080: 949: 878: 874: 792: 649: 603: 577: 498:
in Socorro, New Mexico, United States. The asteroid was named after amateur astronomer
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Ivanova, V. G.; Apostolovska, G.; Borisov, G. B.; Bilkina, B. I. (November 2002).
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In September 2001, the first ever conducted photometric observation of
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by 57 years prior to its official discovery observation at Socorro.
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once every 4 years and 1 month (1,483 days). Its orbit has an
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measures 11.7 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an
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Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)
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and Rui Goncalves, which gave a well-defined period of
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April 2013. pp. 80–83 972:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007 908:In: Proceedings of Asteroids 7: 584:with a longer-than-average 333:Argument of perihelion 10: 1615: 815:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8 479:, provisional designation 159:Minor planet category 1540: 1482: 1419: 1371: 1338: 1329: 1323:Small Solar System bodies 1264: 718:Jet Propulsion Laboratory 655: 470: 440: 425: 402: 371: 349: 342: 330: 318: 308: 296: 281: 268:Orbital period (sidereal) 265: 255: 243: 233: 220: 210: 202: 190: 182: 156: 96: 80: 68: 63: 55: 43: 31: 26: 1090:16 December 2017 at the 748:"4324 Bickel (1981 YA1)" 716:(2017-06-02 last obs.). 553:Physical characteristics 506:Orbit and classification 443:Absolute magnitude  344:Physical characteristics 99:Alternative designations 1258:Minor planets navigator 1169:JPL Small-Body Database 374:Synodic rotation period 184:Orbital characteristics 1448:Trans-Neptunian object 1133:Observation prediction 543:Heidelberg Observatory 513:orbits the Sun in the 216:92.44 yr (33,765 days) 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Index

Discovered by
L. G. Taff
Discovery site
Lincoln Laboratory ETS
MPC designation
Wolf Bickel
Alternative designations
Minor planet category
main-belt
middle
Orbital characteristics
Epoch
JD
Uncertainty parameter
Observation arc
Aphelion
AU
Perihelion
Semi-major axis
Eccentricity
Orbital period (sidereal)
yr
Mean anomaly
°
Mean motion
Inclination
Longitude of ascending node
Argument of perihelion
Physical characteristics
Dimensions

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