538 Friederike

538 Friederike
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Götz
Discovery date July 18, 1904
Designations
Alternate name(s) 1904 OK
Minor planet
category
Main belt (Hygiea family)
Epoch 18 August 2005 (JD 2453600.5)
Aphelion 550.5 Gm (3.680 AU)
Perihelion 396.0 Gm (2.647 AU)
Semi-major axis 473.3 Gm (3.164 AU)
Eccentricity 0.163
Orbital period 2055 d (5.63 a)
Average orbital speed 16.64 km/s
Mean anomaly 293.642°
Inclination 6.503°
Longitude of ascending node 141.364°
Argument of perihelion 228.385°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 72 km[1]
Mass ~2.8×1017 kg (estimate)
Mean density ~1.4 g/cm³ (estimate)[3]
Equatorial surface gravity ~0.014 m/s² (estimate)
Escape velocity ~0.032 km/s (estimate)
Rotation period 1.1 d [2]
Albedo 0.0641 [1]
Temperature ~158 K
max: 244K (-29° C)
Spectral type B-type asteroid[4]
Absolute magnitude (H) 9.30

538 Friederike is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

References

  1. PDS lightcurve data
  2. G. A. Krasinsky et al. Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt, Icarus, Vol. 158, p. 98 (2002).
  3. T. Mothé-Diniz et al. Rotationally Resolved Spectra of 10 Hygiea and a Spectroscopic Study of the Hygiea Family, Icarus, Vol. 152, p. 117 (2001).