241 Germania
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Robert Luther |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1884 |
| Designations | |
| Named after | Germany |
| Alternative names | 1953 US, 1953 VK1 |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 500.732 Gm (3.347 AU) |
| Perihelion | 413.267 Gm (2.763 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 456.999 Gm (3.055 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.096 |
| Orbital period | 1950.184 d (5.34 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 17.04 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 224.416° |
| Inclination | 5.506° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 270.638° |
| Argument of perihelion | 77.676° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 178.60 ± 7.84[1] km |
| Mass | (0.86 ± 5.00) × 1018[1] kg |
| Mean density | 0.28 ± 1.67[1] g/cm3 |
| Rotation period | 15.51 h |
| Albedo | 0.058 |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.58 |
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241 Germania is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of dark, privitive carbonaceous material.
It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 12, 1884 in Düsseldorf.
Germania is the Latin name for Germany.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: 98-118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
External links
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
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