Astronomy:363 Padua
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 17 March 1893 |
| Designations | |
| (363) Padua | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpædjuə/[1] |
| Named after | Padua |
| 1893 S | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt (Lydia) |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 121.80 yr (44489 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.94211 astronomical unit|AU (440.133 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm) |
| 2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.070012 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 yr (1665.3 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 193.817° |
| Mean motion | 0° 12m 58.219s / day |
| Inclination | 5.94381° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 64.7678° |
| 295.490° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 97 km |
| Rotation period | 8.401 h (0.3500 d) |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.01,[2] 8.88[3] |
Padua (minor planet designation: 363 Padua) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 17 March 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padua, near Venice, Italy.[4]
Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.[5]
Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center.[6]
References
- ↑ "Padua". Padua. Oxford University Press. http://www.lexico.com/definition/Padua.
"Padua". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Padua. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "363 Padua", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=363, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin 34: pp. 113–119, Bibcode: 2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN:3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
- ↑ "Lightcurve Results". http://www.antelopehillsobservatory.org/index_files/Page334.htm.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of (363) Padua, Antelope Hills Observatory
- 363 Padua at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 363 Padua at the JPL Small-Body Database
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