1157 Arabia

1157 Arabia [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery date 1929-Aug-31
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.6398364 AU
Perihelion 2.7253646 AU
Semi-major axis 3.1826005 AU
Eccentricity 0.1436674
Orbital period 2073.8226721 days
5.68 years
Mean anomaly 289.14354 °
Inclination 9.54007 °
Longitude of ascending node 336.27853 °
Argument of perihelion 315.35019 °
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.0 mag

1157 Arabia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 6 years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on August 31, 1929.[1] It is named after the Arabian Peninsula. Its provisional designation was 1929 QC.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1157. Retrieved October 17, 2007. 
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 
1156 Kira•1157 Arabia• 1158 Luda
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