186 Celuta

186 Celuta
Discovery
Discovered by P. M. Henry, 1878
Designations
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Aphelion 2.718 AU
Perihelion 2.006 AU
2.362 AU
Eccentricity 0.151
3.63 years
Inclination 13.17°
Physical characteristics
19.842[2] hours
Albedo 0.193
Spectral type
 SK
8.91

    186 Celuta is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on April 6, 1878. This was the last discovery credited to the Prosper brothers. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.

    The asteroid is named after Céluta, a female character in two works of fiction by François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala (1801) and René (1802). The Henry brothers had already named another of their discoveries, 152 Atala, after the heroine of Atala.[3] Both Atala and Céluta are American Indian fictional characters.[4]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 19.842 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.54 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "186 Celuta", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pilcher, Frederick (April 2011), "Rotation Period Determinations for 25 Phocaea, 140 Siwa, 149 Medusa 186 Celuta, 475 Ocllo, 574 Reginhild, and 603 Timandra", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 38 (2): 76–78, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...76P.
    3. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D.; International Astronomical Union (2012). Dictionary of minor planet names (6 ed.). Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 29. ISBN 9783642297182. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
    4. ↑ Chateaubriand, François-René (1801). Atala.; Chateaubriand, François-René (1802). René.