232 Russia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1883 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Russia |
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A921 UA, 1929 QA, 1954 SV, 1970 SN1 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 449.31 Gm (3.003 AU) |
| Perihelion | 313.705 Gm (2.097 AU) |
| 381.508 Gm (2.55 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| 1487.501 d (4.07 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.65 km/s |
| 278.983° | |
| Inclination | 6.071° |
| 152.545° | |
| 51.287° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 53.0 km |
Spectral type | C |
| 10.25 | |
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232 Russia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on January 31, 1883 in Vienna and was named after the country of Russia.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2007 show a rotation period of 21.8 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.2 ± 0.02 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Torno, Steven; Lemke Oliver, Robert; Ditteon, Richard (June 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory - October 2007", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 35 (2): 54–55, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...54T.
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