479 Caprera
Caprera (minor planet designation: 479 Caprera) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Luigi Carnera |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 12 November 1901 |
| Designations | |
| (479) Caprera | |
| Pronunciation | Italian: [kaˈprɛːra][1] |
| 1901 HJ | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.43 yr (41794 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3144 AU (495.83 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1251 AU (317.91 Gm) |
| 2.7197 AU (406.86 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21864 |
| 4.49 yr (1638.3 d) | |
| 201.29° | |
| 0° 13m 11.064s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.6824° |
| 136.032° | |
| 269.913° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 36.49±1.45 km |
| 9.43 h (0.393 d) | |
| 0.0480±0.004 | |
| 9.7 | |
References
- Caprera, Dizionario Rai
- "479 Caprera (1901 HJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 479 Caprera, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2010)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 479 Caprera at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 479 Caprera at the JPL Small-Body Database
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