1146 Biarmia

1146 Biarmia [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Grigory Neujmin
Discovery date 1929-May-07
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.8173249 AU
Perihelion 2.2873133 AU
Semi-major axis 3.0523191 AU
Eccentricity 0.250631
Orbital period 1947.7954040 days
5.33 years
Mean anomaly 236.94991 °
Inclination 17.02851 °
Longitude of ascending node 213.99097 °
Argument of perihelion 64.30673 °
Dimensions diameter 31.14
Rotation period 11.514 h
Geometric albedo 0.2190  
Absolute magnitude (H) 9.80 mag

1146 Biarmia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 31 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 5 years. It completes one rotation once every 12 hours. It was discovered by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin on May 7, 1929.[1] It was named after a legendary country Bjarmland in northern Russia near the Finnish border. Its provisional designation was 1929 JF.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1146. Retrieved October 17, 2007. 
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 
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