Astronomy:467 Laura
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
| Discovery date | 9 January 1901 |
| Designations | |
| (467) Laura | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɔːrə/[1] Italian: [ˈlaura] |
| 1901 FY; 1954 OE; A924 RG | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 115.03 yr (42015 d) |
| ||helion}} | 3.26446 astronomical unit|AU (488.356 Gm) |
| ||helion}} | 2.62441 AU (392.606 Gm) |
| 2.94444 AU (440.482 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1086874 |
| Orbital period | 5.05 yr (1845.4 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 5.2504112° |
| Mean motion | 0° 11m 42.269s / day |
| Inclination | 6.43615° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 322.48119° |
| 91.31635° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 41.96±3.2 km |
| Rotation period | 36.8 h (1.53 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0633±0.011 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.9 |
Laura (minor planet designation: 467 Laura) (1901 FY) is Main-belt asteroid discovered on 9 January 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. The semi-major axis of the orbit of 467 Laura lies just inside the 7/3 Kirkwood gap, located at 2.95 AU.[3] It's named after the character Laura from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda.
References
- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ "467 Laura (1901 FY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=467;cad=1.
- ↑ "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics 42 (3): 457–463, September 1975, Bibcode: 1975A&A....42..457S
External links
- 467 Laura at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 467 Laura at the JPL Small-Body Database
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