408 Fama
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1895 |
| Designations | |
| Alternative names | 1895 CD |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 539.52 Gm (3.606 AU) |
| Perihelion | 411.267 Gm (2.749 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 475.393 Gm (3.178 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Orbital period | 2069.101 d (5.66 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 16.71 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 137.77° |
| Inclination | 9.09° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 297.891° |
| Argument of perihelion | 106.101° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 41.0 km |
| Rotation period | 12.19[1] h |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.5 |
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408 Fama is a typical main belt asteroid in orbit around the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg.
Photometric observations at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2007 were used to build a light curve for this asteroid. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 12.19 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shipley, Heath et al. (September 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: September 2007", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 35 (3): 99–101, retrieved 2013-03-23.
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