Astronomy:450 Brigitta
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
_Brigitta.png) Modelled shape of Brigitta from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf A. Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | 10 October 1899 |
| Designations | |
| (450) Brigitta | |
| Pronunciation | German: [brɪˈɡɪtaː][1] |
| 1899 EV | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt (Eos) |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 116.51 yr (42557 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.31399 astronomical unit|AU (495.766 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.72067 AU (407.006 Gm) |
| 3.01733 AU (451.386 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.098320 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 yr (1914.4 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 125.651° |
| Mean motion | 0° 11m 16.976s / day |
| Inclination | 10.1548° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 14.4643° |
| 356.379° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 33.32±1.3 km |
| Rotation period | 10.75 h (0.448 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1229±0.010 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.2 |
Brigitta (minor planet designation: 450 Brigitta) is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is a member of the Eos family.[3]
It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 10 October 1899 in Heidelberg.
References
- ↑ (German Names)
- ↑ "450 Brigitta (1899 EV)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=450;cad=1.
- ↑ Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus 172 (2): 388–401, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008, Bibcode: 2004Icar..172..388A.
External links
- 450 Brigitta at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 450 Brigitta at the JPL Small-Body Database
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