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914 Palisana
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date4 July 1919
Designations
1919 FN
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc84.07 yr (30706 days)
Aphelion2.9857 AU (446.65 Gm)
Perihelion1.9300 AU (288.72 Gm)
2.4578 AU (367.68 Gm)
Eccentricity0.21477
3.85 yr (1407.4 d)
71.1914°
0° 15m 20.844s / day
Inclination25.206°
255.799°
49.144°
Earth MOID0.977482 AU (146.2292 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.3076 AU (345.21 Gm)
TJupiter3.332
Physical characteristics
38.305±0.85 km
Mass(2.35 ± 0.24) × 1018 kg[2]
Mean density
8.36 ± 1.85[2] g/cm3
15.922 h (0.6634 d)
0.0943±0.004
Ch[2]
8.76

914 Palisana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa.

Measurements using the adaptive optics at the W. M. Keck Observatory give a diameter estimate of 76 km. The size ratio between the major and minor axes is 1.16.[3]

References

  1. ^ "914 Palisana (1919 FN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ Marchis, F.; et al. (November 2006), "Shape, size and multiplicity of main-belt asteroids. I. Keck Adaptive Optics survey", Icarus, vol. 185, no. 1, pp. 39–63, Bibcode:2006Icar..185...39M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.001, PMC 2600456, PMID 19081813, retrieved 2013-03-27.