Astronomy:358 Apollonia
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 8 March 1893 |
| Designations | |
| (358) Apollonia | |
| Pronunciation | /æpəˈloʊniə/[2][3] |
| Named after | Possibly Apollonia (Illyria)[1] |
| 1893 K | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 118.08 yr (43129 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.31497 astronomical unit|AU (495.912 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.43597 AU (364.416 Gm) |
| 2.87547 AU (430.164 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.15284 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 yr (1781.0 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 179.300° |
| Mean motion | 0° 12m 7.682s / day |
| Inclination | 3.55411° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 172.161° |
| 253.343° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 89.45±2.7 km |
| Rotation period | 50.6 h (2.11 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0506±0.003 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.1 |
Apolonia (minor planet designation: 358 Apolonia) is a large Main belt asteroid.[4] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 8 March 1893 in Nice.
References
- ↑ Schmadel, L. (2003:45). Dictionary of minor planet names. Germany: Springer.
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ Apollonian (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=Apollonian (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "358 Apollonia (1893 K)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=358;cad=1.
External links
- 358 Apollonia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 358 Apollonia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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