387 Aquitania
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | F. Courty |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1894 |
| Alternate designations B |
1894 AZ |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.237 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 409.84 Gm (2.74 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 312.827 Gm (2.091 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 506.853 Gm (3.388 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1656.241 d (4.53 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 18.0 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 18.132° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
128.332° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
157.676° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 50.237° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | 101.0 km |
| Mass | unknown |
| Density | unknown |
| Surface gravity | unknown |
| Escape velocity | unknown |
| Rotation period | unknown |
| Spectral class | S |
| Absolute magnitude | 7.41 |
| Albedo (geometric) | unknown |
| Mean surface temperature |
unknown |
387 Aquitania is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894 in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.
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