277 Elvira
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A three-dimensional model of 277 Elvira based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1888 |
| Designations | |
| Main belt (Koronis) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 470.106 Gm (3.142 AU) |
| Perihelion | 393.543 Gm (2.631 AU) |
| 431.825 Gm (2.887 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.089 |
| 1791.278 d (4.9 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.53 km/s |
| 145.516° | |
| Inclination | 1.156° |
| 231.771° | |
| 134.12° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27.19[1] km |
| Albedo | 0.277[1] |
| 9.84[1] | |
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277 Elvira is a typical main belt asteroid and is a member of the Koronis asteroid family. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 3, 1888 in Nice. (277) Elvira is possibly named for a character in Alphonse de Lamartine’s Méditations poétiques (1820) and Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1830).[2]
A group of astronomers, including Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva and Richard P. Binzel, used observations made between 1998 through 2000 to determine the spin-vector alignment of the Koronis family of asteroids, including 277 Elvira. The collaborative work resulted in the creation of 61 new individual rotation lightcurves to augment previous published observations.[3]
Measurements of the thermal inertia of 277 Elvira give a value of around 190 m−2 K−1 s−1/2, compared to 50 for lunar regolith and 400 for coarse sand in an atmosphere.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Delbo', Marco; Tanga, Paolo (February 2009), "Thermal inertia of main belt asteroids smaller than 100 km from IRAS data", Planetary and Space Science 57 (2), pp. 259–265, arXiv:0808.0869, Bibcode:2009P&SS...57..259D, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.015.
- ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Slivan, S. M., Binzel, R. P., Crespo da Silva, L. D., Kaasalainen, M., Lyndaker, M. M., Krco, M.: “Spin vectors in the Koronis family: comprehensive results from two independent analyses of 213 rotation lightcurves,”Icarus, 162, 2003, pp. 285-307.
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