620 Drakonia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 26 October 1906 |
| Designations | |
| 1906 WE | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.05 yr (31065 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.7650 AU (413.64 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1063 AU (315.10 Gm) |
| 2.4356 AU (364.36 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13523 |
| 3.80 yr (1388.4 d) | |
| 8.1809° | |
| 0° 15m 33.444s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.7394° |
| 0.017298° | |
| 336.486° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0991 AU (164.42 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.60375 AU (389.515 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.480 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5.49 h[2] 5.487 h (0.2286 d)[1] | |
| 11.28 | |
620 Drakonia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered October 26, 1906 in Taunton, Massachusetts by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf and given the preliminary designation 1906 WE. It may have been named for Drake University.[3]
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2001 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 5.49 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.56 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]
References
- ^ a b "620 Drakonia (1906 WE)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (January 2011), "Upon Further Review: IV. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 52–54, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...52W.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 61, ISBN 3642297188.
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