377 Campania
Campania (minor planet designation: 377 Campania) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 20 September 1893 in Nice.
A three-dimensional model of 377 Campania based on its light curve | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 20 September 1893 |
Designations | |
(377) Campania | |
Pronunciation | /kæmˈpeɪniə/[1] |
Named after | Campania |
1893 AN | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 122.52 yr (44749 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9003 AU (433.88 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.47956 AU (370.937 Gm) |
2.68996 AU (402.412 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.078214 |
4.41 yr (1611.4 d) | |
273.255° | |
0° 13m 24.247s / day | |
Inclination | 6.6781° |
210.126° | |
196.069° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 91.05±2.0 km |
11.664 h (0.4860 d)[2] 8.507 h[3] | |
0.0592±0.003 | |
8.89 | |
Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990–1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 8.507 ± 0.003 hours.[3]
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- Yeomans, Donald K., "377 Campania", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- di Martino, M.; et al. (February 1994), "Lightcurves and rotational periods of nine main belt asteroids", Icarus, 107 (2), pp. 269–275, Bibcode:1994Icar..107..269D, doi:10.1006/icar.1994.1022.
External links
- 377 Campania at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 377 Campania at the JPL Small-Body Database
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