387 Aquitania
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. Courty |
| Discovery date | 5 March 1894 |
| Designations | |
| (387) Aquitania | |
Named after | Aquitaine |
| 1894 AZ | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 122.11 yr (44601 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.38699 AU (506.686 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.09422 AU (313.291 Gm) |
| 2.74060 AU (409.988 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.23586 |
| 4.54 yr (1657.2 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.0 km/s |
| 244.115° | |
| 0° 13m 2.057s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.1246° |
| 128.298° | |
| 157.160° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.08787 AU (162.743 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.88283 AU (281.667 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.239 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 100.51±2.9 km[1] |
| Mass | 1.8×1018 kg[2][3] |
Mean density | 3.27 ± 1.11[4] g/cm3 |
| 24.144 h (1.0060 d)[1] | |
| 0.1900±0.011[1] | |
| S[1] | |
| 7.41[1] | |
387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 387 Aquitania (1894 AZ)" (2008-06-15 last obs). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Michalak, G. (2001). "Determination of asteroid masses". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 374 (2): 703–711. Bibcode:2001A&A...374..703M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010731. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[permanent dead link]
- ^ (Mass estimate of Aquitania 0.0094 / Mass of Ceres 4.75) * Mass of Ceres 9.43E+20 = 1.866E+18
- ^ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
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