232 Russia

Short description: Main-belt asteroid

232 RussiaDiscovery

Discovered by| Johann Palisa
Discovery date| 31 January 1883
Designations

MPC designation

| (232) Russia
Named after| Russia

Alternative designations

| A883 BA, 1921 UA
1929 QA, 1954 SV
1970 SN1
Minor planet category| Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc| 102.35 yr (37382 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}| 2.9986 astronomical unit|AU (448.58 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}| 2.1069 AU (315.19 Gm)

Semi-major axis

| 2.5527 AU (381.88 Gm)
Eccentricity| 0.17465
Orbital period| 4.08 yr (1489.7 d)
Average Orbital speed| 18.65 km/s
Mean anomaly| 213.685°
Mean motion| 0° 14m 29.976s / day
Inclination| 6.0659°
Longitude of ascending node| 152.250°

|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}

| 52.163°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions| 53.28±1.1 km
Rotation period| 21.905 h (0.9127 d)
Geometric albedo| 0.0494±0.002

Spectral type

| C
Absolute magnitude (H)| 10.25

Russia (minor planet designation: 232 Russia) is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 31 January 1883 in Vienna, who named it after the country of Russia .

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2007 show a rotation period of 21.8 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.2 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2] A follow-up study during 2014 discovered that the rotation period varied depending on the phase angle of observation. The measured rotation varied from 22.016 ± 0.004 hours at a phase angle of 21.5 degrees to 17.0, to 21.904 ± 0.002 hours at phase angles between 5.2 degrees and 9.6 degrees. The reason for this variation has to do with the shape of the asteroid.[3]

## References

1. ↑ "232 Russia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=232;cad=1.
2. ↑ Torno, Steven; Lemke Oliver, Robert; Ditteon, Richard (June 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory - October 2007", The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (2): 54–55, Bibcode: 2008MPBu...35...54T.
3. ↑ Pilcher, Frederick (April 2013), "Another Asteroid with a Changing Lightcurve: 232 Russia", The Minor Planet Bulletin 41 (4): 205, Bibcode: 2014MPBu...41..205P.

## External links

* The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
* Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
* 232 Russia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
* Ephemeris * Observation prediction * Orbital info * Proper elements * Observational info
* 232 Russia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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