317 Roxane

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317 Roxane
Discovery A
Discoverer Auguste Charlois
Discovery date September 11, 1891
Alternate
designations
B
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.085
Semi-major axis (a) 342.028 Gm (2.286 AU)
Perihelion (q) 312.895 Gm (2.092 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 371.161 Gm (2.481 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1262.685 d (3.46 a)
Mean orbital speed 19.7 km/s
Inclination (i) 1.763°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
151.46°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
186.863°
Mean anomaly (M) 282.211°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 19.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface gravity unknown
Escape velocity unknown
Rotation period unknown
Spectral class unknown
Absolute magnitude 10.03
Albedo (geometric) unknown
Mean surface
temperature
unknown
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317 Roxane is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 11, 1891 in Nice, and was at first named Roxana.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Charlois, A.; Benennung von kleinen Planeten, Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 132, No. 3155, p. 175