Astronomy:611 Valeria

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611 Valeria
Discovery
Discovered byJoel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery siteTaunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date24 September 1906
Designations
(611) Valeria
Pronunciation/vəˈlɪəriə/[1]
1906 VL
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc114.46 yr (41807 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.3397 astronomical unit|AU (499.61 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.6243 AU (392.59 Gm)
2.9820 AU (446.10 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11996
Orbital period5.15 yr (1880.9 d)
Mean anomaly71.676°
Mean motion0° 11m 29.04s / day
Inclination13.445°
Longitude of ascending node189.431°
257.146°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius28.485±0.7 km
Rotation period6.977 h (0.2907 d)[2][3]
Geometric albedo0.1148±0.006
Absolute magnitude (H)9.19


611 Valeria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on September 24, 1906, from Taunton, Massachusetts.[4] The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1906 VL.[5]

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 6.977 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.08 ± 0.01 in magnitude. This result is consistent with a previous study from 2008.[3]

References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=164, retrieved 5 May 2016. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Minor Planet Bulletin 39: pp. 220–222, Bibcode2012MPBu...39..220P. 
  4. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html, retrieved 2013-04-07. 
  5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 60, ISBN 3642297188, https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg=PA60. 

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