232 Russia

232 Russia
Discovery
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date January 31, 1883
Designations
Named after
 Russia
A921 UA, 1929 QA,
1954 SV, 1970 SN1
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion 3.003 AU
Perihelion 2.097 AU
2.55 AU
Eccentricity 0.178
1487.501 d
(4.07 yr)
18.65 km/s
278.983°
Inclination 6.071°
152.545°
51.287°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 53.0 km
Spectral type
 C
10.25

    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] A follow up study during 2014 discovered that the rotation period varied depending on the phase angle of observation. The measured rotation varied from 22.016 ± 0.004 hours at a phase angle of 21.5 degrees to 17.0, to 21.904 ± 0.002 hours at phase angles between 5.2 degrees and 9.6 degrees. The reason for this variation has to do with the shape of the asteroid.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 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.
    2. ↑ Pilcher, Frederick (April 2013), "Another Asteroid with a Changing Lightcurve: 232 Russia", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 41 (4): 205, Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..205P.

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