314 Rosalia

314 Rosalia
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date September 1, 1891
Designations
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion 556.719 Gm (3.721 AU)
Perihelion 384.788 Gm (2.572 AU)
470.753 Gm (3.147 AU)
Eccentricity 0.183
2038.883 d (5.58 a)
16.79 km/s
97.028°
Inclination 12.572°
170.611°
190.124°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 57.0 km
9.5

    314 Rosalia is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 1, 1891 in Nice.[1]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 20.43 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.21 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. Charlois, A., "Benennung von kleinen Planeten", Astronomische Nachrichten 132 (3155): 175, Bibcode:1893AN....132..175C, doi:10.1002/asna.18931321111.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.

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