Astronomy:329 Svea
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | 21 March 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (329) Svea | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsveɪə/[1] |
| Named after | Sweden |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 124.07 yr (45316 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.54003 astronomical unit|AU (379.983 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.41427 AU (361.170 Gm) |
| 2.47715 AU (370.576 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.025383 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 yr (1424.1 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 283.525° |
| Mean motion | 0° 15m 10.076s / day |
| Inclination | 15.8826° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 178.489° |
| 54.9542° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 77.80±1.4 km |
| Rotation period | 22.778 h (0.9491 d)[2] 22.6 ± 0.01 hours[3] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0399±0.001 |
| C | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.6 |
Svea (minor planet designation: 329 Svea) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt and the namesake of the small Svea family, approximately 81 kilometers (50 miles) in diameter. The C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.[4]
It was discovered by Max Wolf on 21 March 1892 in Heidelberg.[5]
The light curve of 329 Svea shows a periodicity of 22.6 ± 0.01 hours, during which time the brightness of the object varies by 0.10 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[3]
References
- ↑ 'Sveaborg' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "329 Svea". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=329;cad=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Menke, John et al. (October 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Menke Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 155–160, Bibcode: 2008MPBu...35..155M
- ↑ Burbine, Thomas H (1998). "Could G-class asteroids be the parent bodies of the CM chondrites?". Meteoritics & Planetary Science 33 (2): 253–258. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01630.x. ISSN 1945-5100. Bibcode: 1998M&PS...33..253B.
- ↑ Hughes, Stefan (2012). Catchers of the Light: The Forgotten Lives of the Men and Women Who First Photographed the Heavens. 1. ArtDeCiel Publishing. p. 444. ISBN 978-1-62050-961-6. OCLC 859270626. Bibcode: 2015JAHH...18..327O. https://books.google.com/books?id=iZk5OOf7fVYC&pg=PA444.
External links
- 329 Svea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 329 Svea at the JPL Small-Body Database
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