598 Octavia
Octavia (minor planet designation: 598 Octavia) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. At 15:45 UTC on October 6, the 13.5 magnitude asteroid occulted with magnitude 8.1 TYC 1299-00020-1, and was visible in Taiwan.[3]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 13 April 1906 |
| Designations | |
| (598) Octavia | |
| Pronunciation | /ɒkˈteɪviə/[1] |
| 1906 UC | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.93 yr (39785 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4513 AU (516.31 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0788 AU (310.98 Gm) |
| 2.7651 AU (413.65 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.24817 |
| 4.60 yr (1679.4 d) | |
| 163.85° | |
| 0° 12m 51.696s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.211° |
| 91.642° | |
| 291.808° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 36.165±1.95 km |
| 10.8903 h (0.45376 d) | |
| 0.0521±0.006 | |
| 9.53 | |
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "598 Octavia (1906 UC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- "Asteroid Occultations Predictions". asteroidoccultation.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
External links
- 598 Octavia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 598 Octavia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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