(609) Fulvia
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Asteroid (609) Fulvia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3,084 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.042 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.955 AU - 3.213 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.2 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 165.4 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 115.1 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 23, 2008 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 152 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.0 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (54.2 ± 2.8) km |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1906 |
| Another name | 1906 VF, 1942 EK 1 , 1942 FK |
| 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. | |
(609) Fulvia is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 24, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after Fulvia , the wife of the Roman politician and general Marcus Antonius .
See also
Sources and web links
- (609) Fulvia in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- ASTROMETRIC UPDATE: OCCULTATION BY (609) FULVIA - 2003 JUN 02 ( Memento of October 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )