416 Vaticana
Vaticana (minor planet designation: 416 Vatigana) is a large Main belt asteroid.
.png) A three-dimensional model of 416 Vaticana based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 4 May 1896 |
| Designations | |
| (416) Vaticana | |
| Pronunciation | /vætɪˈkeɪnə/[1] |
Named after | Vatican Hill |
| 1896 CS | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.37 yr (42868 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4019 AU (508.92 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.18001 AU (326.125 Gm) |
| 2.79098 AU (417.525 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21891 |
| 4.66 yr (1703.1 d) | |
| 267.98° | |
| 0° 12m 40.968s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.859° |
| 58.117° | |
| 198.162° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 85.47±1.7 km[2] 87.10 ± 2.57 km[3] |
| Mass | (3.27 ± 3.10) × 1018 kg[3] |
| 5.372 h (0.2238 d) | |
| 0.1689±0.007 | |
| 7.89 | |
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 4 May 1896 in Nice.
References
- 'Vaticanus' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "416 Vaticana (1896 CS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
External links
- 416 Vaticana at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 416 Vaticana at the JPL Small-Body Database
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