374 Burgundia
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1893 |
| Alternate designations B |
1893 AK |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.079 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 415.966 Gm (2.781 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 382.91 Gm (2.56 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 449.021 Gm (3.002 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1693.512 d (4.64 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 17.86 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 8.986° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
219.238° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
27.587° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 119.563° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | 45.0 km |
| Mass | unknown |
| Density | unknown |
| Surface gravity | unknown |
| Escape velocity | unknown |
| Rotation period | unknown |
| Spectral class | S |
| Absolute magnitude | 8.67 |
| Albedo (geometric) | unknown |
| Mean surface temperature |
unknown |
374 Burgundia is a typical Main belt asteroid.[1] It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893 in Nice. It was named for the former French region of Burgandy. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute). [2]
Burgundia was long thought to be a member of the now defunct Ceres asteroid family, but it was found to be an unrelated interloper in that group based on its non-matching composition. [3]
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[edit] References
- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser
- ^ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN-10: 3540002383.
- ^ Cellino, A . et al. "Spectroscopic Properties of Asteroid Families", in Asteroids III, University of Arizona Press, pp. 633-643 (2002).
