419 Aurelia

Aurelia (minor planet designation: 419 Aurelia) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg. It is classified as an F-type asteroid.

419 Aurelia
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery date7 September 1896
Designations
(419) Aurelia
Pronunciation/ɒˈrliə/[1]
1896 CW
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc117.23 yr (42819 d)
Aphelion3.2498 AU (486.16 Gm)
Perihelion1.94613 AU (291.137 Gm)
2.59798 AU (388.652 Gm)
Eccentricity0.25091
4.19 yr (1529.5 d)
297.81°
 14m 7.332s / day
Inclination3.9247°
229.14°
44.326°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions129.01±4.1 km[2]
124.47 ± 3.08 km[3]
Mass(1.72 ± 0.34) × 1018 kg[3]
Mean density
1.70 ± 0.35 g/cm3[3]
16.784 h (0.6993 d)[2][4]
0.0455±0.003
F
8.42

    Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave a "somewhat irregular" light curve with a period of 16.784 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.07 ± 0.01 in magnitude. When allowing for varying aspect angles and changes in mean motion, this result is consistent with past studies.[4]

    References

    1. "aurelia". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
    2. Yeomans, Donald K., "419 Aurelia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.
    3. Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
    4. Pilcher, Frederick (September 2008), "Period Determinations for 26 Proserpina, 34 Circe 74 Galatea, 143 Adria, 272 Antonia, 419 Aurelia, and 557 Violetta", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 35 (3), pp. 135–138, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..135P.


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