28 Bellona

28 Bellona
	Bellona (apmag 11.8) near a magnitude 12 star, next to Abell 2670[1]
Discovery
Discovered by	R. Luther
Discovery date	1 March 1854
Designations
MPC designation	(28) Bellona
Pronunciation	/bɛˈloʊnə/[2]
Named after	Bellona
Alternative designations	1951 CC2
Minor planet category	Main belt
Adjectives	Bellonian /bɛˈloʊniən/[2]
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch Sept 30, 2012 (JD 2456200.5)
Aphelion	477.240 Gm (3.196 AU)
Perihelion	353.977 Gm (2.358 AU)
Semi-major axis	415.608 Gm (2.777 AU)
Eccentricity	0.151
Orbital period	1690.19 d (4.63 a)
Mean anomaly	121.574°
Inclination	9.430°
Longitude of ascending node	144.330°
Argument of perihelion	344.461°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	97 ± 11 km[3]; 120.9 ± 3.4 km (IRAS)[4]; 108.10 ± 11.49 km[5]
Mass	(2.62±0.15)×1018 kg[5]
Mean density	3.95 ± 1.28 g/cm3[5]
Rotation period	15.706 h[4][6]
Geometric albedo	0.1763[4][7]
Spectral type	S [4]
Absolute magnitude (H)	7.09[4]

Bellona (minor planet designation: 28 Bellona) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer R. Luther on March 1, 1854, and named after Bellōna, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War. It is a stony (S-type) asteroid with a cross-section size of around 100–120 km. 28 Bellona is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.63 years.

Bellona has been studied by radar.[8] Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2007 gave a light curve with a period of 15.707 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.03 in magnitude. This report is in close agreement with a period estimate of 15.695 hours reported in 1983, and rejects a longer period of 16.523 hours reported in 1979.[9]

References

"Astrometry.net job 1005148". Astrometry.net. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
"Bellona". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
Ďurech, Josef; Kaasalainen, Mikko; Herald, David; Dunham, David; Timerson, Brad; Hanuš, Josef; et al. (2011). "Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes" (PDF). Icarus. 214 (2): 652–670. arXiv:1104.4227. Bibcode:2011Icar..214..652D. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
"JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 28 Bellona". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 January 2012. 2012-01-02 last obs
Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_DERIVED_LIGHTCURVE_V8_0/data/lc.tab
http://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_ALBEDOS_V1_1/data/albedos.tab
"Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March-May 2007", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 34 (4), pp. 104–107, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..104W.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 28 Bellona, 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
28 Bellona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
28 Bellona at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

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[imagelocation-1] "Astrometry.net job 1005148". Astrometry.net. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[OED-2] "Bellona". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[Ďurech2011-3] Ďurech, Josef; Kaasalainen, Mikko; Herald, David; Dunham, David; Timerson, Brad; Hanuš, Josef; et al. (2011). "Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes" (PDF). Icarus. 214 (2): 652–670. arXiv:1104.4227. Bibcode:2011Icar..214..652D. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[jpldata-4] "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 28 Bellona". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 January 2012. 2012-01-02 last obs

[Carry2012-5] Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.

[6] ttp://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_DERIVED_LIGHTCURVE_V8_0/data/lc.tab

[7] ttp://www.psi.edu/pds/asteroid/EAR_A_5_DDR_ALBEDOS_V1_1/data/albedos.tab

[detected-8] "Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

[Warner2007-9] Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March-May 2007", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 34 (4), pp. 104–107, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..104W.