412 Elisabetha
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 7, 1896 |
| Designations | |
| Alternative names | 1896 CK |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 430.155 Gm (2.875 AU) |
| Perihelion | 396.706 Gm (2.652 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 413.43 Gm (2.764 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.04 |
| Orbital period | 1678.052 d (4.59 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 17.92 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 176.547° |
| Inclination | 13.775° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 106.58° |
| Argument of perihelion | 94.883° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 91.0 km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.97[2] |
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412 Elisabetha is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg. It may have been named after his mother, Elise Wolf (née Helwerth).[3]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "412 Elisabetha", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34: 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer, p. 47, ISBN 3642297188.
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