(952) Caia
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Asteroid (952) Caia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9828 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2505 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2358 AU - 3.7299 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.051 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,152 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.25 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 81.62 km |
| Albedo | 0.055 |
| Rotation period | 7.510 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.22 likes |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | G. N. Nikolayevich |
| Date of discovery | October 27, 1916 |
| Another name | 1916 S61, 1973 WH, A908 EB |
| 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. | |
(952) Caia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 October 1916 by the Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin in simeiz was discovered.
The asteroid is named after a character from the novel Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz .