424 Gratia

424 Gratia
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	31 December 1896
Designations
MPC designation	(424) Gratia
Named after	The Charites
Alternative designations	1896 DF
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	117.66 yr (42975 d)
Aphelion	3.07379 AU (459.832 Gm)
Perihelion	2.47464 AU (370.201 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.77421 AU (415.016 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.10798
Orbital period	4.62 yr (1687.8 d)
Mean anomaly	350.256°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 47.887^s / day
Inclination	8.20911°
Longitude of ascending node	99.2454°
Argument of perihelion	331.822°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	7004872000000000000♠87.20±1.8 km
Rotation period	19.47 h (0.811 d)
Geometric albedo	6998279000000000000♠0.0279±0.001
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.5

424 Gratia is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 31 December 1896 in Nice.

References

↑ "424 Gratia (1896 DF)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

External links

424 Gratia at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

Small Solar System bodies

Designation Groups List Moon Meanings of names
Asteroid	Aten asteroid Asteroid belt Family Jupiter trojan Near-Earth Spectral types
Distant minor planet	Centaur Damocloid Neptune trojan Trans-Neptunian object Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

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