660 Crescentia
660 Crescentia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on January 8, 1908. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1908 CC.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 8 January 1908 |
| Designations | |
| (660) Crescentia | |
| Pronunciation | /krəˈsɛnʃə/ |
| 1908 CC | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 106.74 yr (38987 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8075 AU (420.00 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2581 AU (337.81 Gm) |
| 2.5328 AU (378.90 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10846 |
| 4.03 yr (1472.3 d) | |
| 185.507° | |
| 0° 14m 40.272s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.205° |
| 156.981° | |
| 106.012° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 21.12±0.5 km |
| 7.9116 h (0.32965 d) | |
| 0.2186±0.011 | |
| 9.14 | |
Crescentia is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]
References
- Yeomans, Donald K., "660 Crescentia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 660 Crescentia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- 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
- 660 Crescentia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 660 Crescentia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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