11277 Ballard

11277 Ballard
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Shoemaker
E. Shoemaker
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date8 October 1988
Designations
(11277) Ballard
Named after
Robert Ballard[1]
(American oceanographer)
1988 TW2 · 1995 MG
main-belt[1][2] · (inner)
Phocaea[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc28.73 yr (10,493 d)
Aphelion2.9757 AU
Perihelion1.8295 AU
2.4026 AU
Eccentricity0.2385
3.72 yr (1,360 d)
22.337°
0° 15m 52.92s / day
Inclination22.787°
254.59°
43.574°
Physical characteristics
6.298±0.075 km[3][5][6]
>10 h[7]
0.222[5][6]
S (assumed)[4]
13.00[5][8][9]
13.10[1][2][4][10]
13.53[11]

11277 Ballard (provisional designation 1988 TW2) is a Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.3 kilometers (3.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1988, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California.[1] The assumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of at least 10 hours.[4] It was named for American marine scientist Robert Ballard.[1]

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