843 Nicolaia

843 Nicolaia

Name
Name Nicolaia
Designation 1916 AN
Discovery
Discoverer H. Thiele
Discovery date September 30, 1916
Discovery site Bergedorf
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.209
Semimajor axis (a) 2.279 AU
Perihelion (q) 1.803 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.755 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.441 a
Inclination (i) 7.994°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 4.263°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 316.681°
Mean anomaly (M) 326.026°

843 Nicolaia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was a lost asteroid for 65 years before being rediscovered by Heidelberg Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in 1981. [1]

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  1. ^ http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112427258/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Recovery of the Long Lost Minor Planet (843) Nicolaia after 65 Years (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg - Mitteilungen Serie B) L. D. Schmadel 1 *, L. Kohoutek 2 * Heidelberg Astronomisches Rechen-Institut