270 Anahita
Anahita (minor planet designation: 270 Anahita) is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887, in Clinton, New York, and was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters |
| Discovery date | 8 October 1887 |
| Designations | |
| (270) Anahita | |
| Pronunciation | /ɑːnəˈhiːtə, ænə-/ |
Named after | Anahita |
| 1926 VG | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 118.40 yr (43246 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.5290 AU (378.33 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8692 AU (279.63 Gm) |
| 2.1991 AU (328.98 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.15003 |
| 3.26 yr (1191.2 d) | |
| 219.26° | |
| 0° 18m 8.028s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.3667° |
| 254.390° | |
| 80.490° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 50.78±2.0 km[1] 50.78 km[2] |
| 15.06 h (0.628 d) | |
| 0.2166±0.018 | |
| S | |
| 8.75 | |
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.92 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 47 ± 7 km.[3]
References
- "270 Anahita". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "The Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey" Astron. J., 123, 1056-1085
- Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 14 April 2015.
External links
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
- 270 Anahita at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 270 Anahita at the JPL Small-Body Database
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