627 Charis

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627 Charis
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date March 4, 1907
Designations
Alternative names 1907 XS
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 3.082 AU
Perihelion 2.714 AU
Semi-major axis 2.898 AU
Eccentricity 0.063
Orbital period 4.934 a
Mean anomaly 162.618°
Inclination 6.472°
Longitude of ascending node 142.679°
Argument of perihelion 174.972°
Physical characteristics
Rotation period 27.888[2] h

    627 Charis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on March 4, 1907 from Heidelberg.[3] It was named after the goddess Charis, the wife of Hephaestus from Greek mythology.[4]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2012 gave a light curve with a period of 27.888 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.35 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-04-07. 
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Planetary and Space Science 39: 220-222, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..220P. 
    3. ↑ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), retrieved 2013-04-07. 
    4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 61, ISBN 3642297188. 

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