| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Boyer |
| Discovery site | Algiers Obs. |
| Discovery date | 27 September 1951 |
| Designations | |
| (1713) Bancilhon | |
Named after | Odette Bancilhon (French astronomer)[2] |
| 1951 SC · 1931 RW 1958 VR | |
| main-belt · (inner) | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.66 yr (31,286 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6383AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8181 AU |
| 2.2282 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1840 |
| 3.33yr (1,215 days) | |
| 316.73° | |
| 0° 17m 46.68s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.7467° |
| 61.135° | |
| 256.38° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.716±0.113 km[3] |
| 0.259±0.049[3] | |
| 13.3[1] | |
1713 Bancilhon, provisional designation1951 SC, is anasteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 5.7 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 27 September 1951, by French astronomerLouis Boyer atAlgiers Observatory in Algeria, North Africa, and named after French astronomerOdette Bancilhon.[2][4]
Bancilhon orbits the Sun in theinner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,215 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.18 and aninclination of 4° with respect to theecliptic.[1]It was first identified as1931 RW atLowell Observatory in 1931, extending the body'sobservation arc by 20 years prior to its official discovery observation.[4]
According to the survey carried out by NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequentNEOWISE mission,Bancilhon measures 5.716 kilometers in diameter and its surface has analbedo of 0.259,[3] which is rather typical for asteroids withstony composition. It has anabsolute magnitude of 13.3.[1] As of 2017,Bancilhon'sspectral type,rotation period and shape remain unknown.
Thisminor planet was named for French astronomerOdette Bancilhon, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomerAlfred Schmitt. Odette Bancilhon herself discovered the minor planet1333 Cevenola at Algiers Observatory in 1934.[2] The officialnaming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 1 August 1978 (M.P.C. 4419).[5]
