953 Painleva

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet= yes

| background= #D6D6D6

| name= 953 Painleva

| mpc_name= (953) Painleva

| alt_names= 1921 JT

| discoverer= B. Jekhovsky

| discovery_site= Algiers

| discovered= 29 April 1921

| orbit_ref= {{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=953;cad=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001501/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=953;cad=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2017 |title=953 Painleva (1921 JT) |work=JPL Small-Body Database |publisher=NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=2 May 2016}}

| observation_arc= 88.30 yr (32251 days)

| uncertainty= 0

| epoch= 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| eccentricity= 0.19033

| semimajor= {{Convert|2.7863|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion= {{Convert|2.2559|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion= {{Convert|3.3166|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| period= 4.65 yr (1698.8 d)

| inclination= 8.6667°

| asc_node= 36.431°

| arg_peri= 259.972°

| mean_anomaly= 106.695°

| mean_motion= {{Deg2DMS|0.21192|sup=ms}} / day

| abs_magnitude= 10.1

| rotation= {{Convert|7.389|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| albedo= {{val|0.1670|0.013}}

| mean_radius= {{val|14.165|0.55}} km

}}

953 Painleva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 29 April 1921 by the Russian astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky. The planet was named in honor of the French statesman and mathematician Paul Painlevé.{{Cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D.|author2=International Astronomical Union |title=Dictionary of minor planet names |year=2003 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=Berlin; New York |isbn=978-3-540-00238-3 |page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA84}}