363 Padua

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)
Aphelion| 2.94211 AU (440.133 Gm)
Perihelion| 2.55710 AU (382.537 Gm)

Semi-major axis

| 2.74960 AU (411.334 Gm)
Eccentricity| 0.070012

Orbital period (sidereal)

| 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°

Argument of perihelion

| 295.490°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions| 97 km

Synodic rotation period

| 8.401 h (0.3500 d)

Absolute magnitude (H)

| 9.01,[2] 8.88[3]

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 (Padova), 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]

It gives its name to the Padua family, a group of asteroids with similar orbital properties.

## References

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1. ^ "Padua". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
"Padua". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
2. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "363 Padua", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 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". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

## External links

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* 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
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