954 Li

954 Li
Discovery
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 4 August 1921
Designations
1921 JU
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.65 yr (40051 days)
Aphelion 3.6711 AU (549.19 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5915 AU (387.68 Gm)
3.1313 AU (468.44 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.17239
5.54 yr (2023.9 d)
34.454°
 10m 40.332s / day
Inclination 1.1694°
163.235°
151.503°
Earth MOID 1.57729 AU (235.959 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.6133 AU (241.35 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.190
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
29.015±0.65 km
7.207 h (0.3003 d)
0.0555±0.003
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    954 Li is a Themistian asteroid.

    It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in 1921 and was named after his wife Lina Alstede Reinmuth, who also had 955 Alstede named after her.

    It has the second-shortest name of any minor planet, bested only by 85 Io.

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