160 Una
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A three-dimensional model of 160 Una based on its light curve.
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters |
Discovery date | February 20, 1876 |
Designations | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch January 30, 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
Aphelion | 435.556 Gm (2.912 AU) |
Perihelion | 380.561 Gm (2.544 AU) |
408.058 Gm (2.728 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.067 |
1645.485 d (4.51 a) | |
Average orbital speed
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18.01 km/s |
308.565° | |
Inclination | 3.824° |
8.856° | |
49.974° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 81.2 km |
Mass | 5.6×1017 kg (assumed) |
Mean density
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2.0? g/cm³ |
0.0227 m/s² | |
0.0429 km/s | |
0.234 d (5.61[2] h) 1 | |
Albedo | 0.063 3 |
Temperature | ~170 K |
Spectral type
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C 2 |
8.95[3] | |
160 Una is a fairly large and dark, primitive Main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on February 20, 1876, in Clinton, New York.[4] It is named after a character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590).
In the Tholen classification system it is categorized as a CX-type, while the Bus asteroid taxonomy system lists it as an Xk asteroid.[5] Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990–1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 5.61 ± 0.01 hours.[2]
References
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External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
- 2011-Jan-24 Occultation / (2011 Asteroidal Occultation Results for North America)
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