428 Monachia
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Walther Villiger |
Discovery date | November 18, 1897 |
Designations | |
Named after | Munich |
1897 DK; 1946 UL; 1949 OE; 1953 TN3; 1974 XU | |
Main belt (Flora family) | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
Aphelion | 407.004 Gm (2.721 AU) |
Perihelion | 283.364 Gm (1.894 AU) |
345.184 Gm (2.307 AU) | |
Eccentricity | 0.179 |
1280.202 d (3.51 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.61 km/s |
226.711° | |
Inclination | 6.2° |
17.76° | |
15.598° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 18 km[1] |
Mass | unknown |
Mean density | unknown |
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unknown | |
0.151 d (3.634 h) [2] | |
Albedo | 0.114[1] |
Temperature | unknown |
Spectral type | unknown |
11.5 | |
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428 Monachia is an asteroid orbiting within the Flora family in the Main Belt.
It was discovered by Walther Villiger on November 18, 1897 in Munich, Germany. It was his only asteroid discovery. The asteroid's name comes from the Latin name for Munich.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey
- ↑ PDS lightcurve data
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008.
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