285 Regina
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 3 August 1889 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (285) Regina |
Pronunciation | /rɪˈdʒaɪnə/[1] |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 104.63 yr (38215 d) |
Aphelion | 3.72130 AU (556.699 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.44540 AU (365.827 Gm) |
3.08335 AU (461.263 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.20690 |
5.41 yr (1977.6 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.97 km/s |
137.349° | |
0° 10m 55.348s / day | |
Inclination | 17.6192° |
311.385° | |
14.4439° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 45.13±2.2 km |
Synodic rotation period | 9.542 h (0.3976 d) |
0.0547±0.006 | |
Temperature | unknown |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.7 |
Regina (minor planet designation: 285 Regina) is a typical, although fairly large, Main belt asteroid.[2] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 3 August 1889 in Nice, France. The asteroid is a suspected interloper in the Eucharis asteroid family.[3]
Analysis of the asteroid light curve generated from photometric data collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 9.542±0.001 h with a brightness variation of 0.16±0.03 in magnitude.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Regina". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ a b "285 Regina". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, 216 (1): 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.
- ^ Pilcher, Frederick (April 2010), "Rotation Period Determination for 285 Regina", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 50, Bibcode:2010MPBu...37...50P.
External links[]
- 285 Regina at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 285 Regina at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Background asteroids
- Discoveries by Auguste Charlois
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1889
- Minor planets with names of unknown origin
- Named minor planets
- Main-belt-asteroid stubs