1998 Titius

1998 Titius
Discovery
Discovered by Alfred Bohrmann[1]
Discovery date February 24, 1938
Designations
Named after
 Johann Daniel Titius
1938 DX1; 1966 TF
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Aphelion 385.188 Gm (2.575 AU)
Perihelion 338.723 Gm (2.264 AU)
361.956 Gm (2.420 AU)
Eccentricity 0.064
1374.654 d(3.76 a)
19.13 km/s
342.136°
Inclination 7.640°
351.961°
245.618°
Physical characteristics
6.13 ± 0.01 h[1]
Albedo 0.10?
Temperature ~179 K
12.2

    1998 Titius is an asteroid discovered in 1938 by Alfred Bohrmann at Heidelberg.[2] It is named after the German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius, best known for formulating the Titius-Bode law along with Johann Elert Bode. Based upon photometric measurements made at the Santana Observatory, this object has a rotation period of 6.13 ± 0.01 hours, during which it varies in magnitude by 0.30 ± 0.04.[1] It has a 2:1 orbital resonance with the planet Mars.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stephens, R. D. (September 2002), "Photometry of 973 Aralia, 1189 Terentia, 1040 Klumpkea, and 1998 Titius", The Minor Planet Bulletin 29: 47–48, Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...47S.
    2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Physics and astronomy online library 1 (5th ed.), Springer, p. 162, ISBN 3540002383.
    3. ↑ Gallardo, Tabaré et al. (August 2011), "Origin and sustainability of the population of asteroids captured in the exterior resonance 1:2 with Mars", Icarus 214 (2): 632–644, arXiv:1105.5108, Bibcode:2011Icar..214..632G, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.029.