799 Gudula

799 Gudula
Discovery
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date March 9, 1915
Designations
1915 WO
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 2.600 AU
Perihelion 2.482 AU
2.541 AU
Eccentricity 0.023
4.051 a
238.036°
Inclination 5.280°
164.930°
239.349°

    799 Gudula is a minor planet orbiting the Sun discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on March 9, 1915 at the Heidelberg observatory.[2]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 14.814 ± 0.003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.30 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "799 Gudula", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-04-07.
    2. ↑ "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), retrieved 2013-04-07.
    3. ↑ Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34 (3), pp. 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.

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