477 Italia
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| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Luigi Carnera |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | August 23, 1901 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 477 |
| Named after | Italy |
| Alternative names | 1901 GR; A905 UK |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8708173 |
| Perihelion | 1.9583793 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1889420 |
| Orbital period | 1370.4581304 |
| Mean anomaly | 314.04669 |
| Inclination | 5.28932 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 10.71857 |
| Argument of perihelion | 322.43576 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 22.51 km |
| Geometric albedo | 0.2769 |
| Spectral type | T/B |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.25 |
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477 Italia (1901 GR) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered on August 23, 1901 by Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected in 2005 gave a provisional rotation period of 19.4189 hours and a brightness variation of about 0.2 in magnitude.[2]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "477 Italia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ Buchheim, Robert K. (June 2006), "Photometry of asteroids 133 Cyrene, 454 Mathesis, 477 Italia, and 2264 Sabrina", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 33 (2): 29-30, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...29B.
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