Astronomy:439 Ohio
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Coddington |
| Discovery date | 13 October 1898 |
| Designations | |
| (439) Ohio | |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ/[1] |
| 1898 EB | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.46 yr (42903 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.32739 astronomical unit|AU (497.770 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.93686 AU (439.348 Gm) |
| 3.13212 AU (468.558 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.062342 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 yr (2024.7 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 35.2583° |
| Mean motion | 0° 10m 40.102s / day |
| Inclination | 19.1544° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 201.562° |
| 241.820° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 76.57±2.2 km |
| Rotation period | 37.46 h (1.561 d)[2] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0352±0.002[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.83 |
Ohio (minor planet designation: 439 Ohio) is a large Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898, at Mount Hamilton, California . It was first of his total of three asteroid discoveries. The object is named for the U.S. state of Ohio.[3]
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "439 Ohio (1898 EB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=439;cad=1.
- ↑ Peebles, Curtis (2016), Asteroids: a History, Smithsonian, p. 159, ISBN 9781944466046, https://books.google.com/books?id=RbDkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT159
External links
- 439 Ohio at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 439 Ohio at the JPL Small-Body Database
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