Astronomy:301 Bavaria
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
_Bavaria.png) Modelled shape of Bavaria from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 16 November 1890 |
| Designations | |
| (301) Bavaria | |
| Pronunciation | /bəˈvɛəriə/[1] |
| Named after | Bavaria |
| A890 WA; 1928 DH1 1951 FD; 1952 OF | |
| Minor planet category | main-belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.42 yr (42888 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.90693 astronomical unit|AU (434.871 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.54364 AU (380.523 Gm) |
| 2.72528 AU (407.696 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.066652 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 yr (1643.3 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 115.993° |
| Mean motion | 0° 13m 8.659s / day |
| Inclination | 4.89466° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 142.374° |
| 125.469° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 54.32±3.3 km |
| Rotation period | 12.253 h (0.5105 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0546±0.007 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.3 |
Bavaria (minor planet designation: 301 Bavaria) is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 54 kilometers (34 miles).[2] It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 16 November 1890 in Vienna.
This is classified as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid with an estimated diameter of 55 km. It is spinning with a rotation period of 12.24 h.[3]
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "301 Bavaria". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=301.
- ↑ Marciniak, A. et al. (May 2019). "Thermal properties of slowly rotating asteroids: results from a targeted survey". Astronomy & Astrophysics 625: 40. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935129. A139. Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A.139M.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 301 Bavaria, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2004)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 301 Bavaria at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 301 Bavaria at the JPL Small-Body Database
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