352 Gisela

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
352 Gisela
Discovery A
Discoverer Max Wolf
Discovery date January 12, 1893
Alternate
designations B		 1893 B; A895 XA;
1950 XT
Category Main belt (Flora family)
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.15
Semi-major axis (a) 328.176 Gm (2.194 AU)
Perihelion (q) 278.943 Gm (1.865 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 377.408 Gm (2.523 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1186.756 d (3.25 a)
Mean orbital speed 20.11 km/s
Inclination (i) 3.382°
Longitude of the
ascending node (Ω)		 247.431°
Argument of
perihelion (ω)		 144.326°
Mean anomaly (M) 240.736°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 20.0 km
Mass ~1×1016 (estimate)
Density ~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate) [2]
Surface gravity ~0.007 m/s² (estimate)
Escape velocity ~0.01 km/s (estimate)
Rotation period 0.312 d (7.49 h) [3]
Spectral class S [3]
Absolute magnitude 10.01
Albedo (geometric) 0.426 [1]
Mean surface
temperature		 ~168 K
max: 256 K (-16°C)
This box: view • talk • edit

352 Gisela is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt that has an unusually high albedo.

It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 12, 1893 in Heidelberg.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey
  2. ^ G. A. Krasinsky et al (2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt". Icarus 158: 98. 
  3. ^ a b PDS lightcurve data
 This article about an S-type asteroid native to the Main Belt is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.


Minor planets
Previous minor planet 352 Gisela Next minor planet
List of asteroids
v • d • e
Small Solar System bodies

Vulcanoids · Near-Earth asteroids · Main belt · Jupiter Trojans · Centaurs · Damocloids · Comets · Trans-Neptunians (Kuiper belt • Scattered disc • Oort cloud)

For other objects and regions, see Asteroid groups and families, Binary asteroids, Asteroid moons and the Solar System.
For a complete listing, see List of asteroids. See also Pronunciation of asteroid names and Meanings of asteroid names.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../3/5/2/352_Gisela_7b89.html"