387 Aquitania
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. Courty |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1894 |
| Designations | |
|
Named after
|
Aquitaine |
| 1894 AZ | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 506.853 Gm (3.388 AU) |
| Perihelion | 312.827 Gm (2.091 AU) |
| 409.84 Gm (2.74 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.237 |
| 1656.241 d (4.53 a) | |
|
Average orbital speed
|
18.0 km/s |
| 50.237° | |
| Inclination | 18.132° |
| 128.332° | |
| 157.676° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 100.5 km[1] |
| Mass | 1.8×1018 kg[2][3] |
|
Mean density
|
3.27 ± 1.11[4] g/cm3 |
| 24.144 h[1] | |
| Albedo | 0.19[1] |
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Spectral type
|
S[1] |
| 7.41[1] | |
387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ (Mass estimate of Aquitania 0.0094 / Mass of Ceres 4.75) * Mass of Ceres 9.43E+20 = 1.866E+18
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. See Table 1.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java)
- Ephemeris
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