(353) Ruperto-Carola
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Asteroid (353) Ruperto-Carola |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.738 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.326 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.847 AU - 3.629 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 102.6 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 321.4 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | March 21, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 194 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.5 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 21 km |
| Rotation period | 2 h 44 min |
| Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | January 16, 1893 |
| Another name | 1893 F, A914 QA, 1937 XA |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(353) Ruperto-Carola is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on January 16, 1893 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .