363 Padua

Short description: Main-belt asteroid

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Discovered by| Auguste Charlois
Discovery date| 17 March 1893
Designations

MPC designation

| (363) Padua
Pronunciation| /ˈpædjuə/[1]
Named after| Padua

Alternative designations

| 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)

Semi-major axis

| 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°

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

| 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]

## 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, Bibcode: 2007MPBu...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.

## External links

* Lightcurve plot of (363) Padua, Antelope Hills Observatory
* 363 Padua at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
* Ephemeris * Observation prediction * Orbital info * Proper elements * Observational info
* 363 Padua at the JPL Small-Body Database
* Close approach * Discovery * Ephemeris * Orbit diagram * Orbital elements * Physical parameters

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