Astronomy:445 Edna

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
445 Edna
Discovery
Discovered byE. F. Coddington
Discovery date2 October 1899
Designations
(445) Edna
Pronunciation/ˈɛdnə/[1]
1899 EX
Minor planet categoryMain belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.53 yr (42563 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.82552 astronomical unit|AU (572.290 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.57569 AU (385.318 Gm)
3.20060 AU (478.803 Gm)
Eccentricity0.19525
Orbital period5.73 yr (2091.4 d)
Mean anomaly190.102°
Mean motion0° 10m 19.668s / day
Inclination21.2944°
Longitude of ascending node292.111°
81.2763°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions87.17±2.1 km[2]
88.60 ± 4.10 km[3]
Mass(3.47 ± 0.78) × 1018 kg[3]
Mean density9.52 ± 2.50 g/cm3[3]
Rotation period19.97 h (0.832 d)
Geometric albedo0.0447±0.002
Absolute magnitude (H)9.29


Edna (minor planet designation: 445 Edna) is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 2, 1899, at Mount Hamilton, California. It was the astronomer's third and final asteroid discovery.

References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. 2.0 2.1 "445 Edna (1899 EX)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=445;cad=1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: pp. 98–118, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, Bibcode2012P&SS...73...98C.  See Table 1.

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