page_title: 1961 Dufour
hierarchical_section_title: 1961 Dufour
caption_attribution_description: English: 3D convex shape model of 1961 Dufour, 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: 1961 Dufour is a large background asteroid, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 19 November 1973, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, and later named for 19th-century Swiss General Henri Dufour.
context_section_description: 1961 Dufour (prov. designation: 1973 WA) is a large background asteroid, approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 19 November 1973, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, and later named for 19th-century Swiss General Henri Dufour.
caption: Modelled shape of Dufour from its lightcurve
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