880 Herba

880 Herba
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date July 22, 1917
Designations
1917 CK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 3.966 AU
Perihelion 2.036 AU
3.001 AU
Eccentricity 0.321
5.198 a
301.491°
Inclination 15.133°
262.690°
101.385°
Physical characteristics
12.266[2] h
Spectral type
 F-type
11.46

    880 Herba is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on July 22, 1917 in Heidelberg.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 2011 gave a light curve with a period of 12.266 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.13 ± 0.02 in magnitude. The curve is asymmetrical with one maxima and one minima.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "880 Herba", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
    2. 1 2 Pilcher, Frederick (April 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 31 Euphrosyne, 65 Cybele, 154 Bertha 177 Irma, 200 Dynamene, 724 Hapag, 880 Herba, and 1470 Carla", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 39 (2), pp. 57–60, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...57P.

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