251 Sophia
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
Discovery date | 4 October 1885 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (251) Sophia |
A907 UA, 1950 RH1, 1953 FN1 | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 130.20 yr (47556 d) |
Aphelion | 3.40444 AU (509.297 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.79047 AU (417.448 Gm) |
3.09745 AU (463.372 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.099110 |
5.45 yr (1991.2 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.94 km/s |
299.994° | |
0° 10m 50.876s / day | |
Inclination | 10.5103° |
156.156° | |
285.776° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | ±4.5 km 28.42 |
20.216 h (0.8423 d) | |
±0.091 0.2188 | |
9.9 | |
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251 Sophia is a main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 4 October 1885 in Vienna and was named after Sophia, wife of astronomer Hugo von Seeliger.
References
- ↑ "251 Sophia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
External links
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
- Minor Planet Lightcurve Parameters
- 251 Sophia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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