Astronomy:416 Vaticana
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
.png) A three-dimensional model of 416 Vaticana based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 4 May 1896 |
| Designations | |
| (416) Vaticana | |
| Pronunciation | /vætɪˈkeɪnə/[1] |
| Named after | Vatican Hill |
| 1896 CS | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.37 yr (42868 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.4019 astronomical unit|AU (508.92 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.18001 AU (326.125 Gm) |
| 2.79098 AU (417.525 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21891 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 yr (1703.1 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 267.98° |
| Mean motion | 0° 12m 40.968s / day |
| Inclination | 12.859° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 58.117° |
| 198.162° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 85.47±1.7 km[2] 87.10 ± 2.57 km[3] |
| Mass | (3.27 ± 3.10) × 1018 kg[3] |
| Rotation period | 5.372 h (0.2238 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1689±0.007 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.89 |
Vaticana (minor planet designation: 416 Vatigana) is a large Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 4 May 1896 in Nice.
References
- ↑ 'Vaticanus' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "416 Vaticana (1896 CS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=416;cad=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: pp. 98–118, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, Bibcode: 2012P&SS...73...98C. See Table 1.
External links
- 416 Vaticana at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 416 Vaticana at the JPL Small-Body Database
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