387 Aquitania

387 Aquitania
Discovery
Discovered by F. Courty
Discovery date 5 March 1894
Designations
MPC designation (387) Aquitania
Named after
 Aquitaine
1894 AZ
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 122.11 yr (44601 d)
Aphelion 3.38699 AU (506.686 Gm)
Perihelion 2.09422 AU (313.291 Gm)
2.74060 AU (409.988 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.23586
4.54 yr (1657.2 d)
18.0 km/s
244.115°
0° 13m 2.057s / day
Inclination 18.1246°
128.298°
157.160°
Earth MOID 1.08787 AU (162.743 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.88283 AU (281.667 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.239
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 100.51±2.9 km[1]
Mass 1.8×1018 kg[2][3]
Mean density
 3.27 ± 1.11[4] g/cm3
24.144 h (1.0060 d)[1]
0.1900±0.011[1]
S[1]
7.41[1]

    387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.

    It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 387 Aquitania (1894 AZ)" (2008-06-15 last obs). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. ↑ Michalak, G. (2001). "Determination of asteroid masses". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 374 (2): 703–711. Bibcode:2001A&A...374..703M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010731. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
    3. ↑ (Mass estimate of Aquitania 0.0094 / Mass of Ceres 4.75) * Mass of Ceres 9.43E+20 = 1.866E+18
    4. ↑ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, arXiv:1203.4336 Freely accessible, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.


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