Astronomy:895 Helio

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895 Helio
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date11 July 1918
Designations
(895) Helio
Pronunciation/ˈhli/[1]
1918 DU
AdjectivesHelian /ˈhliən/
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.79 yr (40100 days)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.6686 astronomical unit|AU (548.81 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.7362 AU (409.33 Gm)
3.2024 AU (479.07 Gm)
Eccentricity0.14558
Orbital period5.73 yr (2093.2 d)
Mean anomaly241.229°
Mean motion0° 10m 19.164s / day
Inclination26.077°
Longitude of ascending node264.704°
178.108°
Earth MOID1.75069 AU (261.899 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.60187 AU (239.636 Gm)
TJupiter3.019
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter148.43 ± 5.02 km[3]
109.568±1.987 km[2]
Mass(9.87 ± 6.05) × 1018 kg[3]
Mean density5.76 ± 3.58 g/cm3[3]
Rotation period9.3959 h (0.39150 d)
Sidereal rotation period9.3959 h[2]
Geometric albedo0.0420±0.002[2]
FCB/B[2]
Absolute magnitude (H)8.3[2]


895 Helio is a large dark outer main-belt asteroid[4] about 150 km in diameter. It was discovered on 11 July 1918 by German astronomer Max Wolf.[2] It is named after the element helium, whose spectrum was studied by Friedrich Paschen and Carl David Tolmé Runge, with the asteroid being named by Paschen at Wolf's request; the name helium itself comes from Helios, the Greek god of the Sun.

This is a B-type asteroid.[2] The best spectral analog for 895 Heloi is the iron rich pyroxene mineral hedenbergite. It shares similar orbital properties with the 31 Euphrosyne asteroid family, but is most likely an interloper.[5] Light curve analysis provides a rotation period of 9.4 hours.[4]

References

  1. helio (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=helio  (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 895 Helio". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=895. 
  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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Polakis, Tom; Skiff, Brian A. (October 2016), "Lightcurve Analysis for Asteroids 895 Helio and 1108 Demeter", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 43 (4): 310, Bibcode2016MPBu...43..310P. 
  5. Yang, B. et al. (November 2020), "Physical and dynamical characterization of the Euphrosyne asteroid family", Astronomy & Astrophysics 643: 9, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038567, A38, Bibcode2020A&A...643A..38Y 

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