578 Happelia
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A three-dimensional model of 578 Happelia based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 1 November 1905 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (578) Happelia |
| 1905 RZ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.46 yr (40344 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.2821 AU (491.00 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2168 AU (331.63 Gm) |
| 2.7494 AU (411.30 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.19374 |
| 4.56 yr (1665.2 d) | |
| 200.53° | |
| 0° 12m 58.284s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.1525° |
| 29.411° | |
| 261.400° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.21072 AU (181.121 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.93906 AU (290.079 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.311 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 34.645±1.05 km |
| 10.061 h (0.4192 d) | |
| 0.0769±0.005 | |
| 9.4 | |
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578 Happelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On 24 February 2017 a possible small 3-kilometer moon was found orbiting the asteroid, based on occultation observations.[2]
References
- ↑ "578 Happelia (1905 RZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ "(578) Happelia occultation 2017/02/24". www.asteroidoccultation.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 578 Happelia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2008)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 578 Happelia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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