480 Hansa

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480 Hansa

Name
Name Hansa
Designation 1901 GL
Discovery
Discoverers Max Wolf
Luigi Carnera
Discovery date May 21, 1901
Discovery site Heidelberg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.047
Semimajor axis (a) 2.644 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.521 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.768 AU
Orbital period (P) 4.300 a
Inclination (i) 21.292°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 237.399°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 212.623°
Mean anomaly (M) 250.230°

480 Hansa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is the namesake for the Hansa family of high-inclination asteroids.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hergenrother, C. W.; Larson, S. M.; Spahr, T. B. (September 1996). "The Hansa Family: A New High-Inclination Asteroid Family". American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #10.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 28: 1097.