Astronomy:416 Vaticana
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.png) A three-dimensional model of 416 Vaticana based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 4 May 1896 |
| Designations | |
| (416) Vaticana | |
| Pronunciation | /vætɪˈkeɪnə/[1] |
| Named after | Vatican Hill |
| 1896 CS | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.37 yr (42868 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.40808 astronomical unit|AU (509.842 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.18756 AU (327.254 Gm) |
| 2.79782 AU (418.548 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21891 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 yr (1703.1 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 267.98° |
| Mean motion | 0° 12m 40.968s / day |
| Inclination | 12.859° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 58.117° |
| 198.162° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 85.47±1.7 km[2] 88.81 ± 1.27 km[3] |
| Mass | (1.125 ± 0.551/0.213)×1018 kg[3] |
| Mean density | 3.068 ± 1.503/0.581 g/cm3[3] |
| Rotation period | 5.372 h (0.2238 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1689±0.007[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.80[2] |
416 Vaticana is a large main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 4 May 1896 in Nice.
References
- ↑ 'Vaticanus' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "416 Vaticana (1896 CS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=416;cad=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 492 (1): 589–602. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/492/1/589/5658701.
External links
- 416 Vaticana at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 416 Vaticana at the JPL Small-Body Database
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