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611 Valeria
Discovery
Discovered byJoel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery siteTaunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date24 September 1906
Designations
1906 VL
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc114.46 yr (41807 d)
Aphelion3.3397 AU (499.61 Gm)
Perihelion2.6243 AU (392.59 Gm)
2.9820 AU (446.10 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11996
5.15 yr (1880.9 d)
71.676°
0° 11m 29.04s / day
Inclination13.445°
189.431°
257.146°
Earth MOID1.67815 AU (251.048 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.01942 AU (302.101 Gm)
TJupiter3.207
Physical characteristics
28.485±0.7 km
6.977 h (0.2907 d)[1][2]
0.1148±0.006
9.19

611 Valeria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on September 24, 1906 from Taunton, Massachusetts.[3] The reason that the name Valeria was chosen is unknown.[4]

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 6.977 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.08 ± 0.01 in magnitude. This result is consistent with a previous study from 2008.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 39, pp. 220–222, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..220P.
  3. ^ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 2013-04-07.
  4. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 60, ISBN 3642297188.