(1766) Slipher Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1962 by Indiana University at Brooklyn.
Where Slipher is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Slipher is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1766 |
| Provisional designation | 1962 RF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.1 km (#2,334 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 7.68 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0863 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 September 1962
- (1767) Lampland
- (1827) Atkinson
- (2110) Moore-Sitterly
- (2624) Samitchell
- (2751) Campbell
- (3180) Morgan
- (3882) Johncox
More named asteroids discovered by Indiana University
- (1575) Winifred
- (1578) Kirkwood
- (1602) Indiana
- (1615) Bardwell
- (1721) Wells
- (1728) Goethe Link
- (1729) Beryl
- (1741) Giclas
- (1746) Brouwer
- (1751) Herget
- (1761) Edmondson
- (1762) Russell
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