408 Fama
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1895 |
| Designations | |
| 1895 CD | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 539.52 Gm (3.606 AU) |
| Perihelion | 411.267 Gm (2.749 AU) |
| 475.393 Gm (3.178 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| 2069.101 d (5.66 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.71 km/s |
| 137.77° | |
| Inclination | 9.09° |
| 297.891° | |
| 106.101° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 41.0 km |
| 12.19[1] h | |
| 9.5 | |
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408 Fama is a typical main belt asteroid in orbit around the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg.
Photometric observations at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2007 were used to build a light curve for this asteroid. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 12.19 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[1]
References
- 1 2 Shipley, Heath; et al. (September 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: September 2007" (PDF), Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 35 (3), pp. 99–101, retrieved 2013-03-23.
External links
- 408 Fama at the JPL Small-Body Database
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