1115 Sabauda

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1115 Sabauda
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Volta
Discovery site Pino Torinese Obs.
Discovery date 13 December 1928
Designations
MPC designation 1115 Sabauda
Named after
House of Savoy (assumed)[2]
1928 XC · A906 YF
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.63 yr (31,640 days)
Aphelion 3.6283 AU
Perihelion 2.5757 AU
3.1020 AU
Eccentricity 0.1696
5.46 yr (1995.5 days)
274.34°
Inclination 15.265°
71.716°
57.045°
Earth MOID 1.6274 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 68.8 km
6.75 h
0.0711
9.6

1115 Sabauda is a dark asteroid from the main-belt, about 69 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Luigi Volta on December 13, 1928, at Pino Torinese in Turin, Italy. It was independently discovered five days later by Josep Comas Solá at the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, Spain. Its provisional designation was 1928 XC. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.6 AU once every five and a half years (1,996 days). Its orbit is inclined by 15 degrees to the ecliptic and fairly eccentric (0.17). It has a relatively low geometric albedo of 0.07.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 6.72 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]

The asteroid bears the Latin name of the former rulers of Italy, the House of Savoy (Sabauda, or Sapauda). It is also possible that it was named after the new established town of Sabauda in the Pontine Marshes, central Italy.[2]

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