1146 Biarmia

1146 Biarmia [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Grigory Neujmin
Discovery date 1929-May-07
Orbital characteristics
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.817 AU
Perihelion 2.287 AU
3.052 AU
Eccentricity 0.2506
1947.795 days
5.33 years
236.950°
Inclination 17.029°
213.991°
64.307°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 31.14 km diameter
11.514 h
0.2190
9.80 mag

    1146 Biarmia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 31 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 5 years. It was discovered by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin on May 7, 1929.[1] After being assigned a provisional designation of 1929 JF, it was named after a legendary country Bjarmland in northern Russia near the Finnish border.[2]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 1999 show a rotation period of 11.514 ± 0.004 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 magnitude.[3]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
    3. Warner, B. (March 2000), "Asteroid Photometry at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin 27: 4–6, Bibcode:2000MPBu...27....4W.