1238 Predappia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Volta |
| Discovery site | Pino Torinese |
| Discovery date | February 4, 1932 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1238 |
Named after | Predappio |
| 1932 CA | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.0406123 |
| Perihelion | 2.2931037 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1401478 |
| 1590.7365402 | |
| 175.51146 | |
| Inclination | 12.15716 |
| 52.03173 | |
| 92.50223 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Albedo | 0.0771 |
| 12.1[1] | |
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1238 Predappia (1932 CA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1932, by L. Volta at Pino Torinese.[1] It was later named after Predappio, the village where Benito Mussolini was born.[2]
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 8.94 ± 0.02 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.03 ± 0.01 magnitude.[3]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 101. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - late 2005 and early 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 33: 58–62, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...58W.
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