227 Philosophia

227 Philosophia
Discovery
Discovered by P.P. Henry
Discovery date 12 August 1882
Designations
MPC designation (227) Philosophia
Named after
Philosophy
A919 AA, 1933 SD1,
1949 OO1
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.20 yr (39519 d)
Aphelion 3.7673 AU (563.58 Gm)
Perihelion 2.56007 AU (382.981 Gm)
3.16366 AU (473.277 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.19079
5.63 yr (2055.3 d)
16.78 km/s
71.2570°
 10m 30.554s / day
Inclination 9.1539°
326.254°
267.020°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 87.31±2.4 km
52.98 h (2.208 d)
0.0768±0.004
9.1

    227 Philosophia is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the French astronomer Paul-Pierre Henry on August 12, 1882, in Paris and named after the topic of philosophy. Based upon photometric observations, it has a synodic rotation period of 52.98 ± 0.01 with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "227 Philosophia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 12 May 2016.
    2. Pilcher, Frederick; Alkema, Michael S. (July 2014), "Rotation Period Determination for 227 Philosophia", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 41 (3): 188–189, Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..188P.


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