779 Nina
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2014) |
 Orbit of 779 Nina | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. N. Neujmin |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Observatory |
| Discovery date | 25 January 1914 |
| Designations | |
| (779) Nina | |
| 1914 UB, A908 YB, A912 TE | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 99.69 yr (36412 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2691 AU (489.05 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0589 AU (308.01 Gm) |
| 2.6640 AU (398.53 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.22713 |
| 4.35 yr (1588.2 d) | |
| 343.847° | |
| 0° 13m 36.012s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.578° |
| 283.743° | |
| 49.334° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 38.31±2 km | |
| 11.186 h (0.4661 d) | |
| 0.1440±0.016 | |
| X | |
| 7.9 | |
779 Nina is a fairly large Main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered 1925 January 14 by Grigory Neujmin and named after his sister, the mathematician Nina Nikolaeva Neujmina (1877-1956).
References
- ^ "779 Nina (1914 UB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 779 Nina, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- 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
- 779 Nina at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 779 Nina at the JPL Small-Body Database
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