275 Sapientia

275 Sapientia
Discovery
Discovered by	Johann Palisa
Discovery date	15 April 1888
Designations
MPC designation	(275) Sapientia
Pronunciation	/seɪpiˈɛnʃə/
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	124.23 yr (45374 d)
Aphelion	3.22294 AU (482.145 Gm)
Perihelion	2.31754 AU (346.699 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.77024 AU (414.422 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.16342
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.61 yr (1684.1 d)
Mean anomaly	300.952°
Mean motion	0° 12m 49.54s / day
Inclination	4.76416°
Longitude of ascending node	134.097°
Argument of perihelion	40.0578°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	103 km
Synodic rotation period	14.931 h (0.6221 d)
Geometric albedo	0.036
Spectral type	C
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.85

Sapientia (minor planet designation: 275 Sapientia) is a very large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on 15 April 1888 in Vienna. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 2007 produced a light curve with an estimated period of 14.766 ± 0.006 hours with a brightness range of 0.11 ± 0.02 in magnitude.^[2]

References

^ "275 Sapientia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 275 Sapientia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
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
275 Sapientia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
275 Sapientia at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

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[jpldata-1] "275 Sapientia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[Warner2007-2] Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.

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