757 Portlandia
757 Portlandia is a main-belt asteroid 32 km in diameter.[1] In November 2015, amateur astronomers captured it with images of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[2] Portlandia came to opposition in March 2016 at apparent magnitude 13.2.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
| Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Discovery date | 30 September 1908 |
| Designations | |
| (757) Portlandia | |
| 1908 EJ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 99.16 yr (36218 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.6327 AU (393.85 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1142 AU (316.28 Gm) |
| 2.3734 AU (355.06 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10922 |
| 3.66 yr (1335.6 d) | |
| 133.453° | |
| 0° 16m 10.38s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.1694° |
| 22.515° | |
| 44.204° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 16.045±0.7 km |
| 6.5837 h (0.27432 d)[1] | |
| 0.1427±0.014[1] | |
| M | |
| 12.3 to 15.7 | |
| 10.20[1] | |
References
External links
- 757 Portlandia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 757 Portlandia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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