311 Claudia
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A three-dimensional model of 311 Claudia based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1891 |
| Designations | |
| Main belt (Koronis) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 436.901 Gm (2.92 AU) |
| Perihelion | 429.728 Gm (2.873 AU) |
| 433.314 Gm (2.897 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0080 |
| 1800.557 d (4.93 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.5 km/s |
| 150.595° | |
| Inclination | 3.225° |
| 81.16° | |
| 41.832° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 24.0 km |
| Mass | unknown |
Mean density | unknown |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| Albedo | unknown |
| Temperature | unknown |
Spectral type | unknown |
| 9.89 | |
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311 Claudia is a typical Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on June 11, 1891 in Nice.[1] The name was suggested to Charlois by the amateur astronomer Arthur Mee of Cardiff, Wales, to commemorate Mee's wife, Claudia.[2]
311 Claudia is one of the Koronis family of asteroids. 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 these asteroids. The collaborative work resulted in the creation of 61 new individual rotation lightcurves to augment previous published observations.[3]
References
- ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Mee, Arthur B. P. (2 April 1910), "Astronomical Notes", Weekly Mail, p. 11, retrieved 2013-08-25
- ↑ 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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