Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 17 March 1893 |
Designations | |
(363) Padua | |
Pronunciation | /ˈpædjuə/[1] |
Named after | Padua |
1893 S | |
Minor planet category | Main belt (Lydia) |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 121.80 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) | |
Eccentricity | 0.070012 |
Orbital period | 4.56 yr (1665.3 d) |
Mean anomaly | 193.817° |
Mean motion | 0° 12m 58.219s / day |
Inclination | 5.94381° |
Longitude of ascending node | 64.7678° |
295.490° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 97 km |
Rotation period | 8.401 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]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/363 Padua.
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