Astronomy:614 Pia
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | August Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 11 October 1906 |
| Designations | |
| (614) Pia | |
| 1906 VQ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.50 yr (39996 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.9930 astronomical unit|AU (447.75 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.3942 AU (358.17 Gm) |
| 2.6936 AU (402.96 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11115 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 yr (1614.7 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 267.21° |
| Mean motion | 0° 13m 22.62s / day |
| Inclination | 7.0266° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 217.291° |
| 208.792° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 12.905±0.75 km |
| Rotation period | 4.572 h (0.1905 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1056±0.013 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.0 |
614 Pia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt. August Kopff discovered 614 Pia on 11 October 1906 at Heidelberg, Germany.[2][3]
The Name
Its name may have been inspired by the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which German astronomer Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865–1902) named for his wife, Pia.[2] Pia is Italian for "pious."
References
- ↑ "614 Pia (1906 VQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=614;cad=1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "614 Pia". http://markandrewholmes.com/pia.html.
- ↑ "Numbered Minor Planet Discoveries". Harvard University. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt.
External links
- 614 Pia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 614 Pia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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