401 Ottilia

401 Ottilia
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery date March 16, 1895
Designations
1895 BT
Main belt (Cybele)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion 521.697 Gm (3.487 AU)
Perihelion 480.71 Gm (3.213 AU)
501.203 Gm (3.35 AU)
Eccentricity 0.041
2239.869 d (6.13 a)
16.27 km/s
223.085°
Inclination 5.973°
36.227°
287.806°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 99.0 km
9.1

    401 Ottilia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg.

    The semi-major axis of the orbit of 401 Ottilia lies just outside the 2/1 Kirkwood gap, located at 3.27 AU.[1]

    References

    1. Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics 42 (3): 457463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S

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