1152 Pawona
1152 Pawona [1]| Discovery and designation |
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| Discovered by |
Reinmuth, K. |
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| Discovery date |
1930-Jan-08 |
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| Orbital characteristics |
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Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB |
| Aphelion |
2.5309326 AU |
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| Perihelion |
2.321422 AU |
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2.4261773 AU |
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| Eccentricity |
0.0431771 |
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1380.3277680 days
3.78 years |
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138.62066 ° |
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| Inclination |
5.08316 ° |
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332.07438 ° |
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217.38317 ° |
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| Physical characteristics |
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| Dimensions |
diameter 15.69 |
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3.418 h |
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0.2167 |
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11.30 mag |
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1152 Pawona is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 16 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 3 hours. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on January 8, 1930.[1] It was independently discovered by L. Volta in Pino Torinese on the January 19 and by Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin at Simeis on January 28. Its name is a combination of the names of astronomers J. Palisa and M. Wolf, in recognition of their cooperation. The asteroid's provisional name was 1930 AD.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.