363 Padua

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
363 Padua
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date17 March 1893
Designations
(363) Padua
Pronunciation/ˈpædjuə/[1]
Named afterPadua
1893 S
Minor planet categoryMain belt (Lydia)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc121.80 yr (44489 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.94211 astronomical unit|AU (440.133 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm)
2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm)
Eccentricity0.070012
Orbital period4.56 yr (1665.3 d)
Mean anomaly193.817°
Mean motion0° 12m 58.219s / day
Inclination5.94381°
Longitude of ascending node64.7678°
295.490°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions97 km
Rotation period8.401 h (0.3500 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)9.01,[2] 8.88[3]


Padua (minor planet designation: 363 Padua) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 17 March 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padua, near Venice, Italy.[4]

Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus further added to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micrometre) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.[5]

Lightcurve data has also been recorded by observers at the Antelope Hill Observatory, which has been designated as an official observatory by the Minor Planet Center.[6]

References

  1. "Padua". Padua. Oxford University Press. http://www.lexico.com/definition/Padua. 
    "Padua". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Padua. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "363 Padua", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=363, retrieved 11 May 2016. 
  3. Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin 34: pp. 113–119, Bibcode2007MPBu...34..113W. 
  4. Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN:3-540-00238-3.
  5. Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
  6. "Lightcurve Results". http://www.antelopehillsobservatory.org/index_files/Page334.htm. 

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