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Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 18 September 1893 |
| Designations | |
| (374) Burgundia | |
| Pronunciation | /bɜːrˈɡʌndiə/[1] |
| Named after | Burgundy |
| 1893 AK | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.39 yr (41051 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.00578 astronomical unit|AU (449.658 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.5566 AU (382.46 Gm) |
| 2.7812 AU (416.06 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.080763 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 yr (1694.1 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 295.379° |
| Mean motion | 0° 12m 45s / day |
| Inclination | 8.9881° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 219.030° |
| 25.153° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 44.67±1.3 km |
| Rotation period | 6.972 h (0.2905 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.3014±0.018 |
| S | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.67,[2] 8.68[3] |
Burgundia (minor planet designation: 374 Burgundia) is a typical main belt asteroid that was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 18 September 1893 in Nice. It was named for the former French region of Burgundy. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut (Astronomical Calculation Institute).[4]
Burgundia was long thought to be a member of the now defunct Ceres asteroid family, but it was found to be an unrelated interloper in that group based on its non-matching composition.[5]