(143) Adriatic
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Asteroid (143) Adriatic |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.764 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.072 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.566 AU - 2.962 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.5 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 333.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 253 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | February 11, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 218 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.9 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 89.93 km |
| Albedo | 0.0491 |
| Rotation period | 22 h 0 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.12 likes |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Johann Palisa |
| Date of discovery | February 23, 1875 |
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(143) Adria is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt discovered by Johann Palisa on February 23, 1875 .
Palisa discovered the asteroid at the Pula naval observatory on the Adriatic Sea and named it after this part of the Mediterranean .
Adria moves between 2.5679 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 2.9547 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in 4 years and 215 days around the sun . The orbit is inclined 11.4719 ° to the ecliptic , the orbital eccentricity is 0.07.
Adria has a diameter of 90 km. It has a dark, carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.0491.