(358) Apollonia
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Asteroid (358) Apollonia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,879 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.15 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2,446 AU - 3,312 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.6 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 172.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 253.5 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 8, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 323 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.5 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 89.5 km |
| Albedo | 0.05 |
| Rotation period | (50.6 ± 0.1) h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Auguste Charlois |
| Date of discovery | March 8, 1893 |
| Another name | 1893 K, A901XA, 1949 OG 1 |
| 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. | |
(358) Apollonia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 March 1893 by Auguste Charlois in Nice was discovered. The asteroid has an unusually long period of rotation of over 50 hours.
The asteroid is named after the ancient city of Apollonia in what is now Albania .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on October 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Discovered 1893 Mar. 8 by A . Charlois at Nice. "