420 Bertholda

420 Bertholda
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery date 7 September 1896
Designations
MPC designation (420) Bertholda
1896 CY
Main belt (Cybele)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 115.96 yr (42353 d)
Aphelion 3.5216 AU (526.82 Gm)
Perihelion 3.3110 AU (495.32 Gm)
3.4163 AU (511.07 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.030818
6.31 yr (2306.4 d)
16.07 km/s
220.0218°
0° 9m 21.924s / day
Inclination 6.6874°
242.661°
236.020°
Earth MOID 2.33214 AU (348.883 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.58341 AU (236.875 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.132
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 141.25±6.9 km[1]
141.54 ± 2.08 km[2]
Mass (1.48 ± 0.09) × 1019 kg[2]
Mean density
 9.96 ± 0.75 g/cm3[2]
11.04 h (0.460 d)
0.0420±0.004
P
8.3

    420 Bertholda is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a P-type asteroid.

    It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg.

    References

    1. 1 2 "420 Bertholda (1896 CY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 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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