1238 Predappia

Predappia
Discovery
Discovered by L. Volta
Discovery site Pino Torinese
Discovery date 4 February 1932
Designations
MPC designation (1238) Predappia
Named after
 Predappio
1932 CA
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 78.94 yr (28832 days)
Aphelion 3.0429502 AU (455.21887 Gm)
Perihelion 2.2889726 AU (342.42543 Gm)
2.665961 AU (398.8221 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1414082
4.35 yr (1589.9 d)
135.41672°
0° 13m 35.128s / day
Inclination 12.15464°
51.95076°
91.88743°
Earth MOID 1.33838 AU (200.219 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.08285 AU (311.590 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.337
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
 9.98±0.5 km
8.94 h (0.373 d)
0.0771±0.008
12.1[1]

    1238 Predappia (1932 CA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 1932, by L. Volta at Pino Torinese.[1] It was later named after Predappio, the village where Benito Mussolini was born.[2]

    Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2006 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 8.94 ± 0.02 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.03 ± 0.01 magnitude.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
    2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 101. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
    3. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - late 2005 and early 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 33: 58–62, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...58W.


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