1096 Reunerta, provisional designation1928 OB, is anasteroid from thebackground population of theasteroid belt's central region, approximately 40 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 July 1928, by astronomerHarry Edwin Wood at theUnion Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.[17] The asteroid was named after South African engineerTheodore Reunert, supporter of the observatory and friend of the discoverer.[2]
Reunerta is a non-family asteroid from the main belt'sbackground population.[4] It orbits the Sun in thecentral main-belt at a distance of 2.1–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,532 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.19 and aninclination of 9° with respect to theecliptic.[1] The body'sobservation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Johannesburg.[17]
Thisminor planet was named after Theodore Reunert, a mining engineer in South Africa. He was also a member of theSouth African Association for the Advancement of Science, supporter of the discovering Union Observatory and a friend of the discoverer, who was the director of the discovering Union Observatory at the time.[2][18] The observatory's Reunert Telescope, a 9-inch (23 cm) telescope, was also named in his honor in 1927.[19] The official naming citation was mentioned inThe Names of the Minor Planets byPaul Herget in 1955 (H 103).[2]
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