page_title: 1002 Olbersia
hierarchical_section_title: 1002 Olbersia
caption_attribution_description: English: 3D convex shape model of 1002 Olbersia, computed using light curve inversion techniques. J. Hanuš, J. Ďurech, M. Brož, B. D. Warner&#32;(June 2011).&#32;"A study of asteroid pole-latitude distribution based on an extended set of shape models derived by the lightcurve inversion method". Astronomy and Astrophysics&#32;530: A134. DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201116738. ISSN 0004-6361. arXiv
context_page_description: 1002 Olbersia is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 15 August 1923, by Russian astronomer Vladimir Albitsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.2 hours and measures approximately 24 kilometers in diameter. It was named after German astronomer Heinrich Olbers.
context_section_description: 1002 Olbersia (prov. designation: A923 PJ or 1923 OB) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 15 August 1923, by Russian astronomer Vladimir Albitsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.2 hours and measures approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter. It was named after German astronomer Heinrich Olbers (1758–1840).
caption: Modelled shape of Olbersia from its lightcurve
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