956 Elisa

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956 Elisa

Name
Name	Elisa
Designations	1921 JW; 1959 NB
Discovery
Discoverer	K. Reinmuth
Discovery date	August 8, 1921
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.204
Semimajor axis (a)	2.298 AU
Perihelion (q)	1.830 AU
Aphelion (Q)	2.767 AU
Orbital period (P)	3.485 a
Inclination (i)	5.964°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	192.828°
Argument of Perihelion (ω)	125.228°
Mean anomaly (M)	48.625°

956 Elisa is a V-type asteroid in the Main Belt, orbiting not far from the Vesta family, but not within it. It is, however, probably a fragment of 4 Vesta ejected during an impact ^[1][2]. Its rotation period is 3.888 hours^[1].

[edit] References

1. ^ M. Florczak, D. Lazarro, & R. Duffard (2002). "Discovering New V-Type Asteroids in the Vicinity of 4 Vesta". Icarus 159: 178. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6913. 
2. ^ V. Carruba et al (2005). "On the V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family". Astronomy & Astrophysics 441: 819. 

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